Chemistry–A European Journal

Modulation of the Absorption, Fluorescence, and Liquid??Crystal Properties of Functionalised Diarylethene Derivatives

M Frigoli, GH Mehl

Index: Frigoli, Michel; Mehl, Georg H. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2004 , vol. 10, # 20 p. 5243 - 5250

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Citation Number: 65

Abstract

Abstract Systematic variation of the molecular symmetry in a photochromic system based on a 1, 2-bis (2-methylbenzo [b] thiophen-3-yl) hexafluorocyclopentene group, connected by decyl spacers to two cyanobiphenyl groups as mesogens, allows for a systematic investigation of the correlations between molecular shape and symmetry, electronic effects, photochromic conversion and liquid-crystalline properties.