Azobenzene-based materials have found applications in a wide variety of systems as a
convenient method to induce photo-responsive behaviour through facile trans (E) to cis (Z) …

Liquid crystals have been extensively used in various applications, such as optoelectronic
devices, biomedical applications, sensors and biosensors, and packaging, among others …

We have assessed the potential of light-responsive bent-core liquid crystals as candidate
materials for energy conversion and storage applications. Samples comprise two …

A series of asymmetric viologen bistriflimide salts of both short and long alkyl chains were
synthesized by the metathesis reaction of lithium triflimide salt with the respective …

We report the dielectric and conductivity response of three materials containing bent-core
and tetra (ethylene-oxide) moieties, and their complexes doped with lithium triflate salts, as …

Light-responsive materials capable of undergoing photoinduced molecular transformation
are excellent candidates for energy storage. Herein, we report a promising new liquid …

In this work, we describe the phase behaviour and the dielectric and conductivity response
of new light-responsive ionic liquid crystals, ILCs, which can be applied as controllable …

We have prepared and characterised a series of side-chain liquid crystalline homopolymers
and terpolymers containing different azobenzene derivatives (RAzB), sulfonic groups (2 …

We report the mesomorphic behaviour, dielectric and ferroelectric properties, and
computational modelling of binary mixtures containing two bent-core liquid crystals: the so …

Abstract Three bis (4-oligoethyleneoxyphenyl) viologen bistosylate salts of different lengths
were prepared via the Zincke reaction followed by a metathesis reaction with silver tosylate …