Photoresponsive liquid crystals based on halogen bonding of azopyridines

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Sep 4;50(68):9647-9. doi: 10.1039/c4cc02344g.

Abstract

A series of photoresponsive halogen-bonded liquid crystals (LCs) were successfully constructed using molecular halogen and azopyridine compounds, which show interesting properties of photoinduced phase transition upon UV irradiation. In addition, bromine-bonded LCs were first obtained with high mesophase stability.