A helical naphthopyran dopant for photoresponsive cholesteric liquid crystals

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Abstract

The first photoresponsive cholesteric liquid crystal comprising a photoisomerizable helical naphthopyran derivative dopant and a nematic liquid crystal is reported. An unprecedented helical twisting power switching ratio of over 90% allowed us to demonstrate multi-cycle rotational motion of micro-objects by UV light irradiation.

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Kim, Y., Frigoli, M., Vanthuyne, N., & Tamaoki, N. (2017). A helical naphthopyran dopant for photoresponsive cholesteric liquid crystals. Chemical Communications, 53(1), 200–203. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC08667E

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