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Room Temperature Nematic Photoswitchable Liquid Crystals — Molecular Modularisation of Functional Elements
Author(s) -
Frigoli Michel,
Mehl Georg H.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.200300519
Subject(s) - photochromism , liquid crystal , chemistry , nanotechnology , phase (matter) , liquid crystalline , chemical physics , materials science , optoelectronics , organic chemistry
Abstract The successful design of photochromic self‐assembly systems requires understanding (on both the molecular and sub‐molecular scales) of diverse and often competing structure‐property relationships. Such molecular systems are promising as components for photonically switchable components in opto‐electronic devices. Molecular modularisation can be an efficient approach to obtain such materials. The design, synthesis and the photochromic and mesomorphic properties of stable photochromic systems which exhibit nematic LC phase behaviour at room temperature are reported. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)