Issue 16, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Light induced generation of stable blue phase in photoresponsive diphenylbutadiene based mesogen†

Ratheesh K. Vijayaraghavan,a   Shibu Abraham,a   D. S. Shankara Rao,b   S. Krishna Prasadb  and  Suresh Das*a  

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a Photosciences and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Trivandrum, Kerala, India
E-mail: sureshdas55@gmail.com
Fax: +91-471-2490186

b Centre for Liquid Crystal Research, Jalahalli, Bangalore, India

Abstract

Light induced isothermal phase transition leading from smectic A* phase to a stable blue phase was achieved via photoisomerization of a chiral diphenylbutadiene based mesogen.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B926524D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Dec 2009
Accepted
05 Feb 2010
First published
01 Mar 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 2796-2798

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Light induced generation of stable blue phase in photoresponsive diphenylbutadiene based mesogen

R. K. Vijayaraghavan, S. Abraham, D. S. S. Rao, S. K. Prasad and S. Das, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 2796 DOI: 10.1039/B926524D

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