Wide temperature range azobenzene nematic and smectic LC materials

…, S Serak, N Tabiryan, TJ Bunning

Index: Hrozhyk; Serak; Tabiryan; Bunning Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2006 , vol. 454, # 1 p. 235/[637]-245/[647]

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Abstract

We have developed a series of azobenzene liquid crystals (azo LC) compounds, both multicomponent as well as single component, that possess room temperature nematic and smectic phases. Some of these materials have a wide mesophase temperature range which makes them useful for a variety of practical applications. Two main strategies were used for controlling the temperature range of these mesogenic azo LC materials: 1) chemical ...