title: Photochemically reversible liquefaction and solidification of single compounds based on a sugar alcohol scaffold with multi azo-arms.
abstract: Sugar alcohol derivatives with multi azobenzene arms are photochemically and isothermally liquefied from a powdered solid upon irradiation with ultraviolet light at room temperature, and then solidified on irradiation with visible light, where the transition between solid and liquid are reversible. These compounds possess similar chemical structures to comb-like liquid crystalline oligomers.
authors.affiliation: Nanosystem Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial, Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. h.akiyama@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Haruhisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D044367:Phase Transition; D013402:Sugar Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D013402:Sugar Alcohols; C009850:azobenzene