Nonsymmetric bent-core liquid crystals based on a 1,3,4-thiadiazole core unit and their nematic mesomorphism

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2630-2636

  Seltmann, Jens ^a   Marini, Alberto ^b,c   Mennucci, Benedetta ^b   Dey, Sonal ^d   Kumar, Satyendra ^d   Lehmann, Matthias ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biaxial nematics; Conoscopy; DFT calculations; V shaped nematogens; X ray

Indexed keywords

1 ,3 ,4-THIADIAZOLE; ALKOXY CHAINS; AROMATIC UNITS; BENT-CORE LIQUID CRYSTALS; BIAXIAL NEMATICS; CONOSCOPY; DFT CALCULATION; ETHYL ESTERS; MOLECULAR POLARIZABILITIES; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; NEMATIC PHASE; NEMATIC PHASIS; NEMATOGENS; NONSYMMETRIC; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PYRIDYL GROUPS; THERMOTROPIC PROPERTIES; V-SHAPED MOLECULES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENES; SCAFFOLDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 79959948956     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm200643u     Document Type: Article

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