Photochemical Control of Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 2. Effect of the Structure of Guest Photoresponsive Molecules on the Photochemical Switching of Polarization

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100034a047

The photochemical switching of polarization of ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) was investigated for various structures of guest photoresponsive molecules.The structure of the photoresponsive molecules affected significantly the efficiency of inducing the switching of polarization.It was found that azobenzenes with a structure similar to the host FLC induced the photochemical switching of polarization quite effectively.