Photoisomerization-induced stable liquid crystalline cubic blue phase†
Min-Jun Gim,Sung-Taek Hur,Kyung-Won Park,Mongryong Lee,Suk-Won Choi,Hideo Takezoe
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 08/21/2012 00:00:00 , 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.

Graphical abstract: Photoisomerization-induced stable liquid crystalline cubic blue phase