Columnar liquid-crystalline phase from a series of symmetrical bent diphenylamine derivatives: synthesis and characterization

KC Majumdar, I Ansary, B Roy

Index: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, , vol. 518, p. 160 - 167

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Abstract

... axial dipole moment in the molecule as the dipolar orientation is along the molecular axis. The appearance of columnar phase in this bent shaped molecule may be due to the absence ... transverse dipolar moment that can stabilize the B phases by orienting the molecules in near ...