Photochemical Modulation of Color and Transmittance in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Containing an Azobenzene as a Photosensitive Chromophore

Authors :: Keina Doi
Tomiki Ikeda
Hisako Harada
Hyoung-Kwan Lee
Osamu Tsutsumi
Akihiko Kanazawa
and Takeshi Shiono
Source :: ResearcherID
Publication Year :: 2000
Publisher :: American Chemical Society (ACS), 2000.
Abstract: All-optical switching of selectively reflected colors based on isomerization of an azobenzene (Azo) and subsequent change in transmittance was investigated in cholesteric liquid crystals (LCs) whic...

Subjects :: Materials science
Chromophore
Photochemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
chemistry.chemical_compound
Azobenzene
chemistry
Chiral nematic liquid crystal
Modulation
Liquid crystal
Materials Chemistry
Transmittance
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Isomerization

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