Photochemical tuning of the helical structure of cholesteric liquid crystals by photoisomerization of chiral azobenzenes, and their structural effects

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1285-1291

  Yoshioka, Teppei ^a   Alam, Zahangir ^a   Ogata, Tomonari ^a   Nonaka, Takamasa ^a   Kurihara, Seiji ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; ISOMERIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 4644327951     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290412331282118     Document Type: Article

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