Jul, 2006
Photomodulation of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by the use of a photoresponsive ruthenium(III) complex
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
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- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 15
- First page
- 3442
- Last page
- 3447
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1021/cm060282n
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
We have attempted to control the helical pitch of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by the use of a photoresponsive chiral metal complex. For this purpose, a novel Ru(III) complex [Ru(acac)(2)(L)] was synthesized, where acac and L denote acetylacetonato and 1,3-bis-{4-[6-(4-phenylazo-phenoxy)-hexyloxy]-phenyl}-propane-1,3- dionato, respectively. The complex underwent cis-trans photoisomerization in methanol when under UV (lambda(max) = 360 nm) or visible (lambda(max) = 450 nm) light illumination, respectively. When the complex was doped into a room-temperature nematic liquid crystal (ZLI-1132), it induced a chiral nematic phase. Under illumination with UV or visible light, the helical pitch of the chiral nematic phase could be changed reversibly by up to 50%. Corresponding to this change, the helical twisting power (HTP) of the complex varied between 34.0 and 22.0 mu m(-1), or between -43.9 and -26.6 mu m(-1) at 35.0 degrees C, where the positive and negative signs corresponded to the Lambda- and Delta-enantiomers, respectively. This has been the first attempt at combining the Delta Lambda chirality of an octahedral metal complex with the cis-trans isomerization of an azobenzene group in the development of a photoresponsive dopant.
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- DOI : 10.1021/cm060282n
- ISSN : 0897-4756
- SCOPUS ID : 33746865914
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000239085900009