Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 2. Effect of the Structure of Guest Photoresponsive Molecules on the Photochemical Switching of Polarization
摘要:
The photochemical switching of polarization of ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) was investigated for various structures of guest photoresponsive molecules. The structure of the photoresponsive molecules affected significantly the efficiency of inducing the switching of polarization. It was found that azobenzenes with a structure similar to the host FLC induced the photochemical switching of polarization quite effectively.
Aryliminodimagnesium Reagents. XV. Condensation with Nitrobenzene. Formation of Unsymmetrical Azobenzenes Favored by Long-Chainp-Alkoxy-Substituted Reagents
A composition includes an isomerized polymer containing a structural unit containing an isomerized structure and an isomerized low molecular weight compound, the composition being fluidized by light irradiation from a solid state and being reversibly non-fluidized.
The present invention provides means for improving the softening rate in photoirradiation and image fixation property.
The toner according to the present invention includes an azobenzene derivative represented by the following chemical formula (1), and in the chemical formula (1), R
1
to R
10
in the following are groups defined in claim
1.
The present invention provides means for improving the softening rate in photoirradiation and image fixation property.
The toner according to the present invention includes an azobenzene derivative represented by the following chemical formula (1), and in the chemical formula (1), R1 to R10 in the following are groups defined in claim 1.
A dopant-induced anomalous increase in the helical pitch of dicholesteryl 10,12-docosadiynedioate 1 is explained by generation of smectic clusters in the cholesteric phase where the dopants act as promoters of smectic domains. The dopants, having a mesogenic core and the proper length of alkyl chains on both their molecular sides, such as 4,4'-dialkylazobenzenes, 4,4'-dialkylazoxybenzenes and 4,4'-dialkylbiphenyls, considerably increase the pitch. However, dopants having benzene or a binaphthyl structure in the molecular center, an alkyl chain at one side of the molecules and Z-isomers of azobenzene and azoxybenzene derivatives, slightly decrease the pitch by acting as impurities that decrease the transition temperature of the host. An X-ray diffraction study of the cholesterics revealed that the pitch increases with an increase in size and amount of the smectic domains induced by the appropriate dopants.
Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 3. Photochemically Induced Reversible Change in Spontaneous Polarization and Electrooptic Property
作者:Takeo Sasaki、Tomiki Ikeda
DOI:10.1021/j100034a048
日期:1995.8
The photochemical control of spontaneous polarization (Ps) and the electrooptic properties of ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) was studied. The photoisomerization of photochromic molecules (azobenzene and spiropyran derivatives) in FLCs caused the disorganization of the liquid crystalline phase with concomitant change in the interaction of FLC molecules and alignment layer and induced a reversible change in physical properties of the FLC. The rate and efficiency of the change in properties are discussed in connection with the structures of FLCs.