Abstract |
Liquid crystal hybrid dimers involving bent-core units and rod-like units were designed, synthesized and investigated by a combination of polarizing optical microscopy (POM),differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction studies. All the four unsymmetrical dimers 1–4 exhibited stable nematic phases over a wide temperature range. Moreover, dimer 1exhibited the biaxial smectic A (SmA) phase and dimer 2 exhibited a highly ordered mesophase below the nematic (N) phase. Two rod-like and bent-core nematogenic units were covalently linked in dimers 3 and 4 to furnish exclusively the nematic phase. The observation of the biaxial SmA phase underlying the nematic phase in one of the bent-core–rod dimers 1 would be a significant step forward towards achieving the biaxial nematic phase and resolving controversies related to the presence of cybotactic groups.
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Recommended Citation |
Wang, Yan; Yoon, Hyung Guen; Bisoyi, Hari Krishna; Kumar, Satyendra; Li, Quan (2012). Hybrid Rod-like and Bent-core Liquid Crystal Dimers Exhibiting Biaxial Smectic A and Nematic Phases. Journal of Materials Chemistry 22(38) 20363-20367. doi: 10.1039/C2JM34315K. Retrieved from https://oaks.kent.edu/article/hybrid-rod-and-bent-core-liquid-crystal-dimers-exhibiting-biaxial-smectic-and-nematic
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