TY - JOUR
T1 - A de Vries (SmC*) Phase in a Novel Series of Chiral Fluorinated Organosiloxane Liquid Crystals
AU - Zoghaib, Wajdi
AU - Carboni, Carlo
AU - Kashoub, Fatma A.
AU - Al-Rushidi, Juhaina S.
AU - Al-Jabri, Buthaina Y.
AU - Al-Alawi, Aysha S.
AU - Al-Mendhry, Hayat F.
PY - 2018/5/3
Y1 - 2018/5/3
N2 - The synthesis and characterization of a series of five chiral fluorinated low molar mass (bifurcated tail) organosiloxane materials is presented. The mesogenic moiety is similar to that in the TSiKN65F mesogen reported by Naciri et al., which displays a de Vries-type SmA* phase. The one parameter varied across the series reported herein is the length of the alkyl chain linking the mesogen's core to the bifurcated siloxane tail. One of the five materials displays a de Vries SmC* phase upon cooling from SmA*.
AB - The synthesis and characterization of a series of five chiral fluorinated low molar mass (bifurcated tail) organosiloxane materials is presented. The mesogenic moiety is similar to that in the TSiKN65F mesogen reported by Naciri et al., which displays a de Vries-type SmA* phase. The one parameter varied across the series reported herein is the length of the alkyl chain linking the mesogen's core to the bifurcated siloxane tail. One of the five materials displays a de Vries SmC* phase upon cooling from SmA*.
KW - bifurcated siloxane tail
KW - chiral
KW - de-Vries phase
KW - smectic
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U2 - 10.1080/15421406.2018.1549158
DO - 10.1080/15421406.2018.1549158
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062227843
SN - 1542-1406
VL - 666
SP - 54
EP - 64
JO - Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
JF - Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
IS - 1
ER -