Light-driven twisting behaviour of chiral cyclic compounds.
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چکیده
Chiral cyclic compounds exhibited light-driven twisting by means of trans-cis photoisomerization in 1,4-dioxane solution, a neat film, and a liquid-crystalline host.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007