NDLI: Stability of the antiferroelectric phase in dimeric liquid crystals having two chiral centres with CF<sub>3</sub> or CH<sub>3</sub> groups; evaluation of conformational and electric interactions

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	Fukuda, Atsuo Isozaki, Tadaaki Hashimoto, Shigeharu Hiyama, Tamejiro Kusumoto, Tetsuo Suzuki, Yoshi-ichi Takanishi, Yoichi Takezoe, Hideo
Copyright Year	1996
Abstract	The synthesis of a novel series of dimeric liquid crystals with two chiral centres with CF3 or CH3 groups connected by an alkylene spacer is described. The two mesogenic units in the dimer tend to align in anticlinic zigzag ordering or in parallel ordering depending on whether the alkylene spacer has an odd or even number of – CH2– groups, n, stabilizing the antiferroelectric SCA* phase or the ferroelectric SC* phase, respectively. This odd-even rule in the conformational effect is no longer valid when the length of the alkylene spacer is increased to over n= 10: the SCA* phase emerges instead of the SC* phase for n= 12, as already reported for the dimer with CF3 groups. Furthermore, we found that the dimers with n= 10 also show a SCA* phase, if the dimers with CH3 or CF3 groups are sandwiched between thick cells. In thin cells, on the other hand, the SC* phase emerges instead of the SCA* phase in the dimers with CH3(n= 10 and 12) and CF3(n= 10), although the SCA* phase is stable even in thin cells in the dimer with CF3(n= 12). Thus, the cell thickness dependence is pronounced in the dimer with CH3 groups, indicating that the dimer with CF3 groups shows more stable antiferroelectricity, the same as in the monomers. These facts suggest the importance of an electric interaction between mesogens for the emergence of the SCA* phase.
Starting Page	753
Ending Page	760
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09599428
Volume Number	6
Issue Number	5
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry
DOI	10.1039/JM9960600753
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	SCA Chirality Protein dimer Ferroelectricity Antiferroelectricity
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Materials Chemistry

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