Nematic 2, 5-disubstituted thiophenes

…, SM Kelly, K Bartle, M O'Neill, V Minter…

Index: Campbell, Neil L.; Duffy, Warren L.; Thomas, Gareth I.; Wild, Janine H.; Kelly, Stephen M.; Bartle, Kevin; O'Neill, Mary; Minter, Vicky; Tuffin, Rachel P. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2002 , vol. 12, # 9 p. 2706 - 2721

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Abstract

A large number of new liquid crystals incorporating the 2, 5-disubstituted thiophene ring have been prepared and their mesomorphic behaviour studied in order to systematically investigate the correlation between the molecular structure and mesomorphism of thiophene derivatives with different shapes, polarisability and polarity. As a consequence of these investigations we have prepared a new class of liquid crystals incorporating a 2, 5- ...