ROY G. BIV is the acronym used around the English-speaking world to aid children in the
memorization of the traditional colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue …

Stimuli responsive liquid crystalline polymers are a unique class of so‐called “smart”
materials demonstrating various types of mesomorphic structures easily controlled by …

Alkynes are found in a vast array of natural products and bioactive molecules,[1] and make
up important constituents in many functional materials,[1c, 2] including liquid crystals,[3] …

In this study, we develop a kind of novel photoswitchable chiral azo switches bearing both
axially chiral binaphthyl center and single tetrahedrally chiral center with different …

A linear-polarization rotator based on the optically tunable pitch of chiral-azobenzene-doped
liquid crystals (CAdLCs) has been investigated. It is shown that the orientation of linearly …

A novel series of cholesterol-based liquid crystalline (LC) dimers with a menthyl terminal
group in the biphenyl base side have been synthesized. The chemical structures and LC …

The synthesis is described of four new chiral liquid crystalline monomers (M2–M5) and their
corresponding side‐chain homopolysiloxanes (P2–P5) containing menthyl groups …

Dynamics of pitch change in chiral azobenzene-doped liquid crystals (CAdLCs) has been
investigated. Theoretically, the pitch change in CAdLCs is discontinuous. Completed …

Weitreichender Einfluss: In der allgemein anwendbaren Palladium‐katalysierten
Titelreaktion mit dem kostengünstigen Orthophenanthrolin‐Derivat Neocuproin als Ligand …

The synthesis of new chiral monomers (M1− M3) based on menthol and the corresponding
polyacrylates (P1− P3) is described. The chemical structures, formula and phase behaviour …