Photoisomerization-induced stable liquid crystalline cubic blue phase

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Oct 14;48(80):9968-70. doi: 10.1039/c2cc34114j.

Abstract

We have succeeded in obtaining a photoinduced liquid crystalline cubic BP in a mixture of photoinactive and photoresponsive bent-core mesogens. The UV stimulus can convert N* to cubic BP through photoisomerization of the azobenzene linkages included in the photoresponsive bent-core molecule.