Photoinduced reorganization of motor-doped chiral liquid crystals: Bridging molecular isomerization and texture rotation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 14615-14624

  Bosco, Alessandro ^a,e   Jongejan, Mahthild G M ^b   Eelkema, Rienk ^b,f   Katsonis, Nathalie ^b,d   Lacaze, Emmanuelle ^c   Ferrarini, Alberta ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e SISSA   (Italy)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID FILMS; LIQUIDS; MOTORS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC FILMS; POWDERS; ROTATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEXTURES;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; CHIRAL DOPANTS; CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; CHOLESTERIC HELIXES; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS; DYNAMIC PHENOMENONS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FREE INTERFACES; LIQUID CRYSTAL HOSTS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MESOSCOPIC; MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOLECULAR PROCESSES; PHOTO INDUCED; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; DYNAMICS; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 55549143693     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8039629     Document Type: Article

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