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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

2022Journal of Materials Chemistry C16 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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