Intercalated soft-crystalline mesophase exhibited by an unsymmetrical twist-bend nematogen

Richard Mandle; John William Goodby

doi:10.1039/C6CE02123A

Intercalated soft-crystalline mesophase exhibited by an unsymmetrical twist-bend nematogen

Richard Mandle, John William Goodby

Chemistry

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A number of new states of matter have been reported in recent years for liquid crystal dimers, most notably the twist-bend nematic phase which exhibits spontaneous breaking of symmetry through the emergence of chiral structures in an achiral fluid. In this communication we report on an unsymmetrical liquid crystal dimer that exhibits a transition from the spontaneously chiral twist-bend nematic phase into a novel smectic liquid crystal phase.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8794-8802
Number of pages	9
Journal	CrystEngComm
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CE02123A
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2016

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Intercalated soft-crystalline mesophase exhibited by an unsymmetrical twist-bend nematogen
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Nanoscale Engineering of Dyes for Liquid Crystal Dyes in Device Applications
Saez, I. M., Cowling, S. J., Goodby, J. W. & Moore, J. N.
EPSRC
1/06/15 → 30/11/18
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