Chemistry letters

Electronic conduction in biphenyl liquid crystals

K Kurotaki, H Haruyama, Y Takayashiki, J Hanna

Index: Kurotaki, Kensuke; Haruyama, Hideaki; Takayashiki, Yukiko; Hanna, Jun-Ichi Chemistry Letters, 2006 , vol. 35, # 10 p. 1194 - 1195

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Abstract

A series of 4-alkyl-4′-alkoxylbiphenyls, which are one of the representative calamitic liquid crystals having a small aromatic core moiety, has been synthesized and their charge carrier transport properties are characterized in order to examine how small the core size can be for a high mobility. The biphenyls exhibit both smectic B and E phases and the hole transport characterized by a high mobility of 10− 3 cm 2 V− 1 s− 1 in the smectic mesophases. The ...