Tuning helical twisting power and photoisomerisation kinetics of axially chiral cyclic azobenzene dopants in cholesteric liquid crystals

Abstract

Mengyi Zhoua, Hongbo Lu*ab, Xinmin Zhanga, Qiang Zhanga, Miao Xuab, Jun Zhuab, Guobing Zhangab, Yunsheng Dingab & Longzhen Qiuaba Key Lab of Special Display Technology, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Lab of Special Display Technology, State Key Lab of Advanced Display Technology, Academy of Opto-Electronic Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Chinab Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Anhui Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China