- Spiropyran-based liquid crystals: the formation of columnar phases via acid-induced spiro-merocyanine isomerisation.
Spiropyran-based liquid crystals: the formation of columnar phases via acid-induced spiro-merocyanine isomerisation.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2006-11-17)
Boon-Hooi Tan, Masafumi Yoshio, Takahiro Ichikawa, Tomohiro Mukai, Hiroyuki Ohno, Takashi Kato
PMID17109042
ABSTRACT
Hexagonal columnar liquid-crystalline phases are induced for a new fan-shaped spiropyran compound as the result of an acidichromism effect of spiro-merocyanine isomerisation through protonation upon incorporation of 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid.