Synthesis and Liquid Crystalline Study of a Novel Azo-Ester Homologous Series with Varying Terminal and Lateral Substituents
This study investigates the structure–property relationships of photo-responsive soft materials to optimize the smectogenic mesophase for advanced electro-optical and photonic applications A novel homologous series of twelve azo-ester derivatives with the general structure. RO-C6H4-C6H3(CH3)-N=N-C6H3(NO2) (Cl) was synt...