Well-Defined Pillararene-Based Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Photoresponsive Materials and Their Thin Films with Photomodulated Surfaces

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 3571-3580

  Pan, Shi ^a   Ni, Mengfei ^a   Mu, Bin ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Hu, Xiao Yu ^a   Lin, Chen ^a   Chen, Dongzhong ^a   Wang, Leyong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

liquid crystals; photoalignment; pillararene based macrocyclic azobenzenes; stimuli responsive materials; thin films

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FILMS; FREE ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; THIN FILMS;

AZOBENZENE LIQUID CRYSTALS; DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; MACROCYCLICS; PHOTO-ALIGNMENT; PHOTOINDUCED ORIENTATION; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE MATERIALS; WELL-DEFINED STRUCTURES;

AZOBENZENE;

EID: 85027948781     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201500942     Document Type: Article

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