Directed metalation-cross coupling route to ferroelectric liquid crystals with a chiral fluorenol core: The effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonding on polar order

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2574-2581

  McCubbin, J Adam ^a   Tong, Xia ^b   Zhao, Yue ^b   Snieckus, Victor ^a   Lemieux, Robert P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIZING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHENOLS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BOULDER MODEL; FLUORENOLS; METALATION-CROSS COUPLING; MOLECULAR MODELING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 19944399404     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm047860p     Document Type: Article

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