title: Reversibly tunable helicity induction and inversion in liquid crystal self-assembly by a planar chiroptic trigger molecule.
abstract: Reversible control of the helical pitch length and inversion of helical handedness in an induced cholesteric liquid crystal phase were accomplished via a combination of photochemical and thermal isomerizations of a planar chiral azobenzenophane molecule.
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamaoki