A photochromic liquid crystal system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5289, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-7

  Frigoli, M ^a   Mehl, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarylethene; FRET; Liquid crystal; Molecular switch; Nematic; Photochromic; Self assembly; Smecticc; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; LOGIC GATES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTOCHROMISM; QUANTUM THEORY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

DIARYLETHENES; FRET; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; PHOTO CONVERSION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 8844245600     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.529267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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