Bent-core mesogens with branched carbosilane termini: Flipping suprastructural chirality without reversing polarity

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 6892-6896

  Zhang, Yongqiang ^a   O'Callaghan, Michael J ^a   Baumeister, Ute ^b   Tschierske, Carsten ^b  

^a Displaytech Inc   (United States)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirality; Electrooptics; Ferroelectric switching; Liquid crystals; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOMERS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ELECTROOPTICS; FERROELECTRIC SWITCHING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CHIRALITY;

EID: 53249111755     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800814     Document Type: Article

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