Photochemical switching of ferroelectric liquid crystals using a photoswitchable chiral dopant
Fast optical switching (response time 90 μs) was achieved of ferroelectric liquid crystals doped with a photoresponsive chiral dopant having an azobenzene moiety.
Synthesis and photochemical switching of the antiferroelectric liquid crystals containing a diazenediyl group
Photochromic antiferroelectric liquid crystals containing a diazene moiety were synthesized for the first time, and their photochemical switching behaviors were studied.