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Competing synclinic and anticlinic interactions in smectic phases of bent-core mesogens

Jiří Svoboda, Václav Kozmík, Kvetoslava Bajzíková, Michal Kohout, Vladimíra Novotná, Natalia Podoliak, Damian Pociecha, Ewa Gorecka

Journal of Materials Chemistry C· Volume 12· Issue 29

Abstract

Presented molecules combine two features, the bent-core rigidity with the dimeric character, and reveal variety of specific phases. Longer homologues exhibit tilted smectic phases, short homologues manifest a propensity for helical structures.
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OpenAlex topics: Liquid Crystal Research Advancements · Molecular spectroscopy and chirality · Surfactants and Colloidal Systems

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Affiliations

Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, CZ-166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, CZ-182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic

Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, ul. Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland

Funding

U.S. Department of Energy

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