title: Photoresponsive liquid crystals based on halogen bonding of azopyridines.
abstract: A series of photoresponsive halogen-bonded liquid crystals (LCs) were successfully constructed using molecular halogen and azopyridine compounds, which show interesting properties of photoinduced phase transition upon UV irradiation. In addition, bromine-bonded LCs were first obtained with high mesophase stability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Physics and Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yinjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Lanying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Huai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yunfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu