A photoresponsive liquid crystal based on (1-cyclohexenyl)phenyldiazene as a close analogue of azobenzene?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2009-05-19 DOI: 10.1039/B906716G

Abstract

A new photoresponsive calamitic liquid crystal molecule possessing (1-cyclohexenyl)phenyldiazene as a close analogue of azobenzene was synthesized and a comparative study with the corresponding azobenzene analogue carried out.

Graphical abstract: A photoresponsive liquid crystal based on (1-cyclohexenyl)phenyldiazene as a close analogue of azobenzene
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