Azobenzene photochemistry is a fascinating area of investigation, on one hand, because it
is fairly wellknown, 1 and on the other hand because it has produced and continues to …

There has been considerable interest in the application of photochromism to photo-
responsive systems which has led to the development of new tailored smart materials for …

Azobenzene (azo) chromophores have been incorporated into a wide variety of materials
and molecular architectures, including polymers, dendrimers, and molecular glasses …

The electronic absorption spectra of some azo disperse dyes in various solvents of different
polarities have been studied at room temperature. The solvent effects on the wavenumbers …

A series of poly {4 '-{(X-methacryloyloxyalkylene) methylamino}-4-nitroazobenzene}(p X
MAN, where X is the number of methylene units and varies from 2 to 12) polymers with liquid …

The electronic absorption spectra of a series of the entitled eight compounds containing
groups with variable electronic characters were recorded. The solvents were selected to …

In the present work, the molecular structures of three new azo dyes: sodium-2-hydroxy-5-((4-
sulfonatophenyl) diazenyl) benzoate (A), sodium 5-((4-acetamidophenyl) diazenyl)-2 …

Disazo dyes form a highly effective class of liquid crystal (LC) photo-aligning materials
whose molecules undergo fast orientation or reorientation under exceptionally low …

Comparative I–V characteristics and photoluminescence measurements have been made
on a liquid crystal system dispersed with different nanomaterials–i). graphene flakes ii) ZnO …

The electronic absorption spectra of four azo dyes with different substituents (such as Cl, I,
OH) are determined at room temperature in twenty-one solvents with different polarities. The …