1. Azobenzene Liquid Crystals with High Birefringence and Their Effect of Trans-Cis Photoisomerization on Selective Reflection.
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Miao, Zong-Cheng, Zhang, Yong-Ming, Zhao, Yu-Zhen, and Wang, Dong
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AZOBENZENE , *PHOTOISOMERIZATION , *OPTICAL reflection , *LIQUID crystal synthesis , *CHEMICAL structure , *DIFFERENTIAL scanning calorimetry , *FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy - Abstract
A series of four novel azobenzene liquid crystals (LCs) with high birefringence were synthesized by coupling of intermediate molecules with a phenylacetylene fragment. The chemical structures of synthetic intermediates and compounds were confirmed by FT-IR and1H-NMR. The LC behavior including transition temperatures and phase sequences were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarizing optical microscope (POM). As a very important parameter, the birefringence was also measured using polarizing light interferometry method. Moreover, the characteristics of selective reflection which was associated with the birefringence of the N*-LC dropped with azobenzene LCs and the effect of trans-cis photoisomerization of these compounds on selective reflection were studied in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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