Issue 24, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Reversibly tunable helicity induction and inversion in liquid crystal self-assembly by a planar chiroptic trigger molecule†

Manoj Mathewsa  and  Nobuyuki Tamaoki*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, USA

b Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, N20, W10, Sapporo, Japan
E-mail: tamaoki@es.hokudai.ac.jp
Fax: +81-11-7069357
Tel: +81-11-7069356

Abstract

Reversible control of the helical pitch length and inversion of helical handedness in an induced cholesteric liquid crystal phase were accomplished via a combination of photochemical and thermal isomerizations of a planar chiral azobenzenophane molecule.

Graphical abstract: Reversibly tunable helicity induction and inversion in liquid crystal self-assembly by a planar chiroptic trigger molecule

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B905305K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Mar 2009
Accepted
20 Apr 2009
First published
12 May 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 3609-3611

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Reversibly tunable helicity induction and inversion in liquid crystal self-assembly by a planar chiroptic trigger molecule

M. Mathews and N. Tamaoki, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3609 DOI: 10.1039/B905305K

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