Issue 39, 2013

Time-programmed helix inversion in phototunable liquid crystals

Abstract

Doping cholesteric liquid crystals with photo-responsive molecules enables controlling the colour and polarisation of the light they reflect. However, accelerating the rate of relaxation of these photo-controllable liquid crystals remains challenging. Here we show that the relaxation rate of the cholesteric helix is fully determined by helix inversion of the molecular dopants.

Graphical abstract: Time-programmed helix inversion in phototunable liquid crystals

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 10 2012
Accepted
27 11 2012
First published
11 12 2012

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 4256-4258

Time-programmed helix inversion in phototunable liquid crystals

S. J. Aßhoff, S. Iamsaard, A. Bosco, J. J. L. M. Cornelissen, B. L. Feringa and N. Katsonis, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 4256 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37161H

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