Room temperature heliconical twist-bend nematic liquid crystal

Room temperature heliconical twist-bend nematic liquid crystal

The nanostructured heliconical twist-bend nematic (Ntb) phase is a new condensed phase of matter with unique properties. Here we present the first example of an achiral hybrid bent-core liquid crystal trimer that at temperatures below the conventional N phase exhibits the Ntb phase from approximatel...

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Veröffentlicht in:CrystEngComm 2015-04, Vol.17 (14), p.2778-2782
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Yuan, Singh, Gautam, Agra-Kooijman, Dena M., Gao, Min, Bisoyi, Hari Krishna, Xue, Chenming, Fisch, Michael R., Kumar, Satyendra, Li, Quan
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Sprache:eng
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Condensing
Helical
Liquid crystals
Nanostructure
Nematic
Trimers
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Zusammenfassung:The nanostructured heliconical twist-bend nematic (Ntb) phase is a new condensed phase of matter with unique properties. Here we present the first example of an achiral hybrid bent-core liquid crystal trimer that at temperatures below the conventional N phase exhibits the Ntb phase from approximately 80 degree C down through room temperature. The Ntb phase has a helical structure with a period of ~19 nm.
ISSN:1466-8033
1466-8033
DOI:10.1039/C4CE02502D