Etheric bimesogens and the twist-bend nematic phase

TY - JOUR

T1 - Etheric bimesogens and the twist-bend nematic phase

AU - Mandle, Richard J.

AU - Voll, Constantin C A

AU - Lewis, Daniel J.

AU - Goodby, John W.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Despite the relationship between molecular structure and the occurrence of the twist-bend nematic phase being partially understood, very little is known about how these relationships are manifested for ether-linked bimesogens. In this article, we report several novel ether-linked bimesogens that exhibit the NTB phase and explore how the thermal properties of these materials are largely governed by the angle between the two aromatic, carbocyclic or rigid cyclic units.

AB - Despite the relationship between molecular structure and the occurrence of the twist-bend nematic phase being partially understood, very little is known about how these relationships are manifested for ether-linked bimesogens. In this article, we report several novel ether-linked bimesogens that exhibit the NTB phase and explore how the thermal properties of these materials are largely governed by the angle between the two aromatic, carbocyclic or rigid cyclic units.

KW - DFT

KW - dimer

KW - liquid crystal

KW - NTB

KW - SAXS

KW - twist-bend nematic

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84945208032&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/02678292.2015.1091095

DO - 10.1080/02678292.2015.1091095

M3 - Article

SN - 0267-8292

VL - 2016

SP - 13

EP - 21

JO - LIQUID CRYSTALS

JF - LIQUID CRYSTALS

IS - 43

ER -