Soft Matter

Realization of a lateral directional order in nematic and smectic A phases of rodlike molecules by using perfluoroarene–arene interactions

…, S Akiyama, T Inoue, M Takahashi, S Yagai, H Aonuma…

Index: Kishikawa, Keiki; Aikyo, Sumihiro; Akiyama, Seiji; Inoue, Takahiro; Takahashi, Masahiro; Yagai, Shiki; Aonuma, Hiroaki; Kohmoto, Shigeo Soft Matter, 2011 , vol. 7, # 11 p. 5176 - 5187

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Abstract

In order to realize biaxial mesophases of straight rod-like molecules by introduction of lateral perfluoroarene–arene interactions, non-alkylated rod-like liquid crystalline compounds C6X5–COO–C6Z4–C6Z4–OOC–C6Y5, F-BB-F (X= Y= F, Z= H), F-BB-B (X= F, Y= Z= H), B- BB-B (X= Y= Z= H), B-FF-B (X= Y= H, Z= F), F-FF-B (X= F, Y= H, Z= F), and F-FF-F (X= Y= Z= F) were prepared, and their phase transition behaviors were investigated by polarized ...