Synthesis of new photochromic materials: Possible multiplexing devices?

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/10587250108024993

Multistep syntheses of new photochromic systems derived from bis-thienylperfluorocyclopentenes are described. They are shown to be thermally stable, fatigue resistant and switch reversibly between colorless open forms and colored closed forms. The incredible stability of these reversible switches led to the attempts of incorporating thermotropic liquid crystalline nature. Polycatenar photochromic esters prepared seem to be mesogenic and thus may form the very first example of liquid crystals with Z-configuration.

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Molecular Crystals and
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Synthesis of New Photochromic
Materials: Possible Multiplexing
Devices?
a
b
G. Subramaniam & Jean-Marie Lehn
a
Department of Chemistry , Penn State University ,
Hazleton, PA, 18201, USA
b
Chimie des Interactions Moleculaires , College de
France , Paris, 75005, France
Published online: 24 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: G. Subramaniam & Jean-Marie Lehn (2001) Synthesis of New
Photochromic Materials: Possible Multiplexing Devices?, Molecular Crystals and Liquid
Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals,
364:1, 243-251, DOI: 10.1080/10587250108024993
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