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Photochromic azobenzene functionalised banana–calamitic dimers and trimers: mesophase behaviour and photo-orientational phenomena

Maria-Gabriela Tamba Institut für Chemie, Physikalische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany; Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, UKCorrespondence[email protected]; [email protected]
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Alexey Bobrovsky Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Valery Shibaev Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Gerhard Pelzl Institut für Chemie, Physikalische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Ute Baumeister Institut für Chemie, Physikalische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Wolfgang Weissflog Institut für Chemie, Physikalische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Pages 1531-1550 | Received 01 Aug 2011, Accepted 19 Sep 2011, Published online: 22 Nov 2011

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