Unusual polymorphism in new bent-shaped liquid crystals based on biphenyl as a central molecular core

…, J Svoboda, V Novotná, D Pociecha…

Index: Kovarova, Anna; Svetlik, Svatopluk; Kozmik, Vaclav; Svoboda, Jiri; Novotna, Vladimira; Pociecha, Damian; Gorecka, Ewa; Podoliak, Natalia Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014 , vol. 10, p. 794 - 807

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Abstract

Abstract Bent-shaped mesogens possessing a biphenyl as a central core have been synthesized and the role of the terminal chain and the orientation of the ester as a linkage group have been investigated. For the studied molecular core we have established that both parameters play an important role for the mesomorphic properties. The polyfluoroalkyl terminal chain supports the formation of mesophases, and the introduction of a chiral ...