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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kurihara S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3705281 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20130101
The phase transition of a nematic liquid crystal containing a push-pull azobenzene dye could be induced efficiently during irradiation with visible light. The dynamical disorganizing effect of the push-pull azobenzene dye on the liquid crystalline order through its trans-cis-trans photoisomerizaion cycle under visible light was contributed to the efficient phase transition. Then, the effects of light irradiation on the motion of small objects dispersed in the liquid crystals containing the push- ...[more]