Aromatic polyimides containing side azobenzene groups have been synthesized by low-
temperature solution polycondensation of certain aromatic dianhydrides with aromatic …

A new photosensitive and thermosensitive monomer, namely bis (4-(3-thienyl ethylene)-
oxycarbonyl) diazobenzene (TDAZO), was synthesized. The photochemical and thermal cis …

Three new types of siloxane‐based photoactive liquid crystalline polymers containing azo
side groups were synthesized through the click chemistry route. The polymers having …

Azobenzene polymers have been the subject of intensive research due to their unique and
unexpected properties that allow various applications triggered by light. One of their …

The synthesis and mesogenic properties of some Schiff bases containing ferrocene,
azobenzene units and flexible end chains with 17 or 18 carbon atoms are reported. The …

This article presents new methods of predicting the liquid-crystalline behavior of some
copolyethers with mesogen groups in the main chain, using neural networks or different …

Thermotropic chiral nematic (N*) side‐chain copolymers (CPs) bearing cholesteryl and
azobenzene units were synthesized to investigate the structure–property relationships of the …

Three new hydrazo-bridged diamines, 4, 4′-bis [4-(4-aminophenyloxy) phenylhydrazyl]
biphenyl (BPD-2), 4, 4′-bis [4-(4-aminophenyloxy) phenylhydrazyl] biphenyl ether (SPD-2) …

Two novel main-chain aromatic polyamides containing azobenzene were synthesized by
polycondensation of trans-azobenzene-4, 4′-dicarbonyl chloride with various aromatic …

Abstract Fully or nearly fully 6-[4-(4'-(nitrophenylazo) phenoxycarbonyl)] pentanoated
polysaccharide derivatives were synthesized by reacting cellulose, amylose, chitosan, chitin …