Photochemistry in an Azo-Containing Banana-Shaped Liquid Crystal

Abstract:

By triangular wave method, the polarization currents of an azo-containing banana-shaped antiferroelectric liquid crystal were investigated as a function of the time of 365-nm ultraviolet irradiation. Under the 365-nm irradiation, the polarization currents were observed to evolve with the time of ultraviolet irradiation until they diminished. The roles of photoisomerization, photolysis and thermolysis were discussed for the azo-containing banana-shaped liquid crystal.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 428-429)
• Pages: 202-205
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.428-429.202
• Online since: January 2010
• Authors: Bao Gai Zhai, Lan Li Chen, Yuan Ming Huang
• Keywords: Antiferroelectricity, Azobenzene Complex, Banana-Shaped Liquid Crystal, Ferroelectricity, Photoirradiation, Spontaneous Polarization

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