Issue 6, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Photoinduced isothermal phase transitions of liquid-crystalline macrocyclic azobenzenes†

Yasuo Norikane,*a   Yuki Hiraib  and  Masaru Yoshidab  

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a Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
E-mail: y-norikane@aist.go.jp
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b Nanosystem Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan

Abstract

Liquid-crystalline macrocyclic compounds, tethered by two or three azobenzenes bearing alkoxy side chains, exhibit isothermal phase transitions from liquid-crystal to isotropic as well as from crystal to isotropic phases upon light irradiation due to the drastic conformational change of their macrocyclic backbone.

Graphical abstract: Photoinduced isothermal phase transitions of liquid-crystalline macrocyclic azobenzenes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC04052E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Sep 2010
Accepted
15 Nov 2010
First published
02 Dec 2010

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 1770-1772

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Photoinduced isothermal phase transitions of liquid-crystalline macrocyclic azobenzenes

Y. Norikane, Y. Hirai and M. Yoshida, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1770 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04052E

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