Synthesis and Photoswitching Properties of Bent-shaped Liquid Crystals Containing Azobenzene Monomers

• Main Authors: Hegde, Gurumurthy, Lutfor, M. R., Kumar, Sandeep, Tschierske, Carsten, Israel, Gunter, Ster, Diana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2009
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5412/1/2009_photoswitching.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5412/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678290902923428

Three novel bent-shaped monomers, namely 1,3-phenylene bis-{4-[4-(n-allyloxyalkyloxy)phenylazo]benzoate} 5a–c, containing azobenzene as side arms, resorcinol as central units and terminal double bonds as polymerisable functional groups were synthesised and characterised. The mesophase behaviour was...