title: The enhancement of photoswitching in a diarylethene derivative by the incorporation of cyanobiphenyl groups.
abstract: A photochromic liquid crystal system based on a diarylethene functionalised in the 2,2'-positions and linked to 4-cyano-4'-hydroxybiphenyl groups via alkyl spacers as chromophores was synthesised and its photochromic and mesomorphic behaviour was investigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frigoli
authors.forename: Georg H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Mehl