Layer frustration, polar order and chirality in liquid crystalline phases of silyl-terminated achiral bent-core molecules

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2556-2577

  Keith, Christina ^a   Reddy, Ramaiahgari Amaranatha ^a,c   Prehm, Marko ^a   Baumeister, Ute ^a   Kresse, Horst ^a   Chao, Jessie Lorenzo ^a   Hahn, Harald ^b   Lang, Heinrich ^b   Tschierske, Garsten ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelectricity; Liquid crystals; Mesophases; Self assembly; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; FERROELECTRICITY; PARAFFINS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ELECTROOPTICAL METHODS; FERROELECTRIC SWITCHING; MESOPHASES;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

EID: 34250695041     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200600876     Document Type: Article

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