Azo-functionalised materials are of special interest due to their photochromic nature, ie
reversible trans–cis isomerisation upon photoirradiation. The combination of photosensitivity …

An overview on the recent developments in the field of liquid crystalline bent-core molecules
(so-called banana liquid crystals) is given. After some basic issues, dealing with general …

Azo-functionalized materials are one of the appealing groups of the functionalized materials
owing to their photoswitching behaviour and have been explored for various potential …

The recent literature in the field of liquid crystals shows that “banana-shaped” mesogenic
materials represent a bewitching and stimulating field of research that is interesting both …

Several results on bent-core liquid crystals considered as new supramolecular functional
materials with potential for applications are reviewed. Various topics are discussed where …

Six novel bent-shaped monomers were synthesized such as substituted/or non-substituted
1, 3-phenylene bis-{4-[(4-allyloxy) phenylazo] benzoate}(4a–c) and substituted/or non …

In this study, discotic azo compounds were prepared by a reductive coupling of 5-
nitroisophthalic acid followed by a convergent synthesis, resulting in five new examples of …

Spontaneous generation of macroscopic homochirality in soft matter systems by self‐
assembly of exclusively achiral molecules under achiral conditions is a challenging task with …

Two isomeric cyanostilbene photoswitchable bent-core mesogens with polar liquid crystal
phases in which macroscopic polarization and luminescence can be light-modulated are …

Stochastic achiral symmetry breaking in soft matter systems, leading to conglomerates of
macroscopically chiral domains (so-called dark conglomerate= DC phases) is of …