PHOTOCHEMICAL PHASE TRANSITION OF POLYMER LIQUID CRYSTALS
1991 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 191-198
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1991 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 191-198
Photochemical phase transition of polymer liquid crystals (PLCs) was explored for PLCs with mesogenic side-chain phenylbenzoate and cyanobiphenyl. The photochemical phase transition was triggered by photochemical reaction of photoresponsive molecules incorporated physically or covalently into PLCs as a result of lowering of phase transition temperature of the mixtures below the irradiation temperature. Factors affecting the photochemical phase transition are discussed and resolution of stored image was examined.
