MISC

2001年

Frustration of polarity and chirality in a binary mixture of bent-core mesogens

Journal of Materials Chemistry
  • M. Nakata
  • ,
  • D. R. Link
  • ,
  • J. Thisayukta
  • ,
  • Y. Takanishi
  • ,
  • K. Ishikawa
  • ,
  • J. Watanabe
  • ,
  • H. Takezoe

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開始ページ
2694
終了ページ
2699
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1039/b103506c

In order to investigate polar order and chiral layer structures in bent-core mesogens, mixtures of synclinic antiferroelectric (achiral P-8-OPIMB) and anticlinic ferroelectric (chiral P-8-OPIMB6*) liquid crystals were studied. The binary phase diagram of these materials was produced based on detailed texture observations and measurements of the dielectric response and polarization-reversal current. A synclinic ferroelectric state is found to dominate in mixtures having 38% chiral content in 6 μm thick cells. This structure is a hybrid of the structures of the two parent materials taking the synclinic tilt from P-8-OPIMB and the ferroelectric polar order from P-8-OPIMB6*. Intermolecular steric interactions at the interface of adjacent smectic layers are thought to play a role in determining the ground state structure in the mixtures.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/b103506c
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1039/b103506c
  • ISSN : 0959-9428
  • SCOPUS ID : 0035210112

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