Crystalline - Smectic C - Cubic - Isotropic - Nematic - Isotropic Polymorphism: Synthesis and Unexpected Behaviour of a New Series of Double-Swallow-Tailed Mesogens
作者:W. Weissflog、G. Pelzl、I. Letko、S. Diele
DOI:10.1080/10587259508038689
日期:1995.2
A new homologous series of six-ring double-swallow-tailed mesogens was prepared and investigated. Liquid-crystalline properties strongly depend on the length of the terminal alkyl chains. Six different phase sequences could be detected, two of them were unknown up to now. The derivatives DS-5...7 show smectic C, cubic and nematic phases, the longer-chain homologues DS-10...14, 16 have columnar phases. The substance DS-8 exhibits the most interesting phase sequence cr - S-C - cub - I-re - N - I. DS-8 represents the second pure compound with a stable reentrant isotropic phase. Optical, X-ray, and further investigations provide arguments to propose the structures of the different phases.