Control of Chirality of an Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Polymer with Circularly Polarized Light
Journal of the American Chemical Society2000Vol. 122(51), pp. 12646–12650
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Abstract
Irradiation with circularly polarized light of a film of an achiral azobenzene liquid crystalline polymer induces chirality. Circularly polarized light with opposite handedness produces enantiomeric structures. A chirooptical switch based on this phenomenon is reported.
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