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2006

Homologous Series

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Fluorine Containing Nonsymmetrical Five-Ring Achiral Banana-Shaped Compounds With Columnar And Synclinic Antiferroelectric Layered Phases, Channabasaveshwar Yelamaggad, Indudhara Shashikala, Uma Hiremath, Guangxun Liao, Antal Jakli, Doddamane Shankar Rao, Subbarao Prasada, Quan Li Jun 2006

Fluorine Containing Nonsymmetrical Five-Ring Achiral Banana-Shaped Compounds With Columnar And Synclinic Antiferroelectric Layered Phases, Channabasaveshwar Yelamaggad, Indudhara Shashikala, Uma Hiremath, Guangxun Liao, Antal Jakli, Doddamane Shankar Rao, Subbarao Prasada, Quan Li

Antal Jakli

The phase transitional behavior of two homologous series of five-ring banana-shaped compounds comprising fluorine substituents synthesized through covalent linking of two chemically dissimilar rod-like anisometric cores (arms) to central 1,3-phenylene is reported. The novelty of these molecules originates from the fact that the molecules are highly nonsymmetrical. One of the arms, which is either salicylaldimine or Schiff base core, possesses two vicinal fluorine atoms at the terminal ring having a n-decyloxy tail; while the n-alkyl tail attached to the other arm was varied to realize a homologous series of compounds. The mesophases have been characterized by several complementary studies. The …


Bistable Linear Electro-Optical Switching In The B-7 ' Phase Of Novel Bent-Core, S. Umadevi, Antal Jakli, B. K. Sadashiva May 2006

Bistable Linear Electro-Optical Switching In The B-7 ' Phase Of Novel Bent-Core, S. Umadevi, Antal Jakli, B. K. Sadashiva

Antal Jakli

Three novel symmetrical bent-core compounds were synthesized where the terminal alkoxy linkages of the original bent-core inesogen forming a B-2 phase was converted to n-alkyl carboxylates. It is found that instead of the B-2 phase, all three compounds exhibit a transition between B-7' and B-2 mesophases. The physical and electro-optical properties have been investigated by polarizing optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction and electric field experiments. The higher temperature B-7' phase has been shown to exhibit bistable but analogous linear electro-optical Switching Without,my observable polarization peak. We analyze two theoretical models and find that a local triclinic symmetry may …


Shape-Persistent V-Shaped Mesogens-Formation Of Nematic Phases With Biaxial Order, Matthias Lehmann, Shin-Woong Kang, Christiane Köhn, Sönke Haseloh, Ute Kolb, Dieter Schollmeyer, Qingbing Wang, Satyendra Kumar Dec 2005

Shape-Persistent V-Shaped Mesogens-Formation Of Nematic Phases With Biaxial Order, Matthias Lehmann, Shin-Woong Kang, Christiane Köhn, Sönke Haseloh, Ute Kolb, Dieter Schollmeyer, Qingbing Wang, Satyendra Kumar

Satyendra Kumar

A homologous series of shape-persistent V-shaped molecules has been designed to form the biaxial nematic phase. Phenyleneethynylene moieties are attached to a bent fluorenone unit to create an apex angle of about 90°, which is determined from the single crystal structure. Two mesogens, one symmetric and another unsymmetric, have been synthesized by attaching a cyano group to one or both of the peripheral phenyl units, respectively. These groups introduce local dipoles essential for the formation of the nematic phases. The tendency to form a crystalline phase is reduced by laterally substituted hexyloxy chains which allow the nematic phase to be …