Issue 55, 2015
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Chemical Communications

An azobenzene-based photochromic liquid crystalline amphiphile for a remote-controllable light shutter†

Dae-Yoon Kim,a   Sang-A Lee,a   Huisu Kim,a   Soo Min Kim,b   Namil Kimc  and  Kwang-Un Jeong*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Polymer Materials Fusion Research Center & Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, Korea
E-mail: kujeong@jbnu.ac.kr

b Soft Innovative Materials Research Center, Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea

c Smart Materials R&D Center, Korea Automotive Technology Institute, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-912, Korea

Abstract

By considering intramolecular conformations and intermolecular interactions, an azobenzene-based photochromic liquid crystalline amphiphile is synthesized for demonstrating a remote-controllable light shutter by the photo-induced isothermal phase transition between the highly ordered crystal phase and the isotropic liquid phase.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC02834E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Apr 2015
Accepted
29 May 2015
First published
01 Jun 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 11080-11083

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An azobenzene-based photochromic liquid crystalline amphiphile for a remote-controllable light shutter

D. Kim, S. Lee, H. Kim, S. Min Kim, N. Kim and K. Jeong, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 11080 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02834E

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