Electric field- and light-responsive oxadiazole bent-core polycatenar liquid crystals
Mohamed Alaasar, Ahmed F. Darweesh, Yu Cao, Konstantin Iakoubovskii, Masafumi Yoshio
Abstract
Columnar and helical network phases of achiral polycatenars. Functional oxadiazole-based bent-core molecules were investigated for their response to light and electric fields.
Topics & Concepts
Bent molecular geometryMaterials scienceOxadiazoleElectric fieldCore (optical fiber)MoleculeLiquid crystalCrystallographyOptoelectronicsComposite materialOrganic chemistryChemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies