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A Photochromic Liquid Crystal System
Author(s) -
Frigoli Michel,
Mehl Georg H.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200390001
Subject(s) - photochromism , mesogen , liquid crystal , diarylethene , alkyl , phase (matter) , photochemistry , materials science , liquid crystalline , chemistry , organic chemistry , optoelectronics
Deep Purple, a new photoactive group: The combination of a heteroaromatic diarylethene core (shown in the graphic) separated from mesogenic cyanobiphenyl groups by alkyl spacers allows the synthesis of photochromic liquid crystalline systems with nematic and smectic C phase behaviour between room temperature and 80 °C.