Light-responsive bent-core liquid crystals as candidates for energy conversion and storage
Ivan Dominguez‐Candela, Iman Zulkhairi, Inmaculada C. Pintre, Nurul Fadhilah Kamalul Aripin, Jaime Lora‐Garcia, Vicent Fombuena, M. Blanca Ros, Alfonso Martı́nez-Felipe
Abstract
We have assessed the potential of light-responsive bent-core liquid crystals as candidate materials for energy conversion and storage applications, and promoted isothermal phase transitions between columnar and smectic phases.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceBent molecular geometryCore (optical fiber)Energy storageLiquid crystalEnergy transformationChemical engineeringNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsComposite materialThermodynamicsPhysicsEngineeringPower (physics)Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsPickering emulsions and particle stabilization