論文

査読有り
2015年3月26日

Supermolecular bent configuration composed of achiral flexible liquid crystal trimers exhibiting chiral domains with opposite handedness

Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Haruna Sasaki
  • ,
  • Yoichi Takanishi
  • ,
  • Jun Yamamoto
  • ,
  • Atsushi Yoshizawa

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開始ページ
4531
終了ページ
4538
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1021/jp512710r
出版者・発行元
American Chemical Society

Chirality's effects on physical properties of materials and how chirality arises have persisted as attractive issues in chemistry. We prepared a homologous series of achiral liquid crystal trimers in which three phenylpyrimidine units are connected via flexible heptamethylene spacers. An equimolecular mixture of a trimer with a nematic (N) phase and that with smectic A (SmA), smectic C (SmC), and smectic B phases was found to exhibit an N phase, a SmC phase, and a B4 phase composed of chiral domains with opposite handedness. The chiral characteristics of the B4 phase were confirmed by uncrossing the polarizers in opposite directions. XRD measurements reveal that both SmC and B4 phases have an interdigitated layer structure. That molecular interdigitation might form a supermolecular bent configuration that can produce saddle splay curvature to drive the B4 phase.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/jp512710r
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1021/jp512710r
  • ISSN : 1520-5207
  • ISSN : 1520-6106
  • SCOPUS ID : 84925950045

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