Crystalline azobenzene composites as photochemical phase-change materials
Kieran Griffiths, Nathan R. Halcovitch, John M. Griffin
Abstract
Crystalline binary mixtures of azobenzene and 4-methoxyazobenzene are reported and form photochemical phase change materials that possess working temperatures in the range of −58 °C to 31 °C.
Topics & Concepts
AzobenzeneChemistryPhase (matter)PhotochemistryPhase changeLiquid crystallinePhase transitionAtmospheric temperature rangeBinary numberChemical physicsOrganic chemistryThermodynamicsMoleculePhysicsArithmeticMathematicsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhase Change Materials Research