title: A ferrocene-azobenzene derivative showing unprecedented phase transition and better solubility upon UV irradiation.
abstract: The ferrocene-aspartic acid-azobenzene derivative 1 showing an unprecedented photoinduced crystal-liquid phase transition at an elevated temperature and better solubility in organic solvents has been successfully reported.
authors.affiliation: State Key laboratory of Power metallurgy, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China. gckuang@csu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ya-Jian
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Gui-Chao
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Kuang