Photo-Induced Phase Transitions to Liquid Crystal Phases: Influence of the Chain Length from C8E4 to C14E4

Photo-induced phase transitions are characterized by the transformation from phase A to phase B through the absorption of photons. We have investigated the mechanism of the photo-induced phase transitions of four different ternary systems CiE4/alkane (i) with n = 8, 10, 12, 14; cyclohexane/H2O. We w...

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Main Authors: Simone Techert, Wilson Quevedo, Gerhard Busse, Marcel Petri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-09-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/2/3/1305/