Liquid crystal phases with unusual structures and physical properties formed by acute-angle bent core molecules

Liquid crystals formed by acute-angle bent core (ABC) molecules with a 1,7 naphthalene central core show an intriguing phase behavior with the nematic phase accompanied by poorly understood additional phases. In this work, we characterize the physical properties of an ABC material, such as birefring...

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Main Authors: Bing-Xiang Li, Yuriy A. Nastishin, Hao Wang, Min Gao, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Ruipeng Li, Masafumi Fukuto, Quan Li, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-09-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033371