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12 December 2002 Photoswitching of helical twisting power by chiral photochromic diarylethene dopants
Tadatsugu Yamaguchi, Masahiro Irie
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Abstract
Two kinds of chiral diarylethene derivatives were synthesized and used as dopants for photoresponsive liquid crystals. Both derivatives underwent thermally irreversible and fatigue resistant photochromic reactions and exhibited reversible circular diochroism (CD) spectral changes. Large photostimulated pitch chances of chiral nematic K-15 liquid crystals were observed by the addition of the derivatives as dopants. The relation between the optical rotation and the twisting power force was discussed.
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Tadatsugu Yamaguchi and Masahiro Irie "Photoswitching of helical twisting power by chiral photochromic diarylethene dopants", Proc. SPIE 4799, Liquid Crystals VI, (12 December 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452492
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KEYWORDS
Liquid crystals

Ultraviolet radiation

Crystals

Liquids

Switching

Absorption

Visible radiation

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