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Camille Blayo1, Elaine A Kelly2, Judith E Houston3
1School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Soft Matter
|October 1, 2020
Abstract:
The formation of high-concentration mesophases by a cationic azobenzene photosurfactant is described for the first time. Using a combination of polarised optical microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering, optically anisotropic, self-assembled structures with long-range order are reported. The mesophases are disrupted or lost upon UV irradiation.

