摘要:
A novel series of chiral dopants synthesized from (S)-1,2-propanediol and mesogenic carboxylic acids were characterized by FT-IR, (1)H NMR, elemental analysis and their helical twisting properties were investigated by doping the chiral dopants into a nematic liquid crystal host (SLC-1717). The results show that, the helical pitch of N*-LC mixture exhibited a terminal alkyl chain length dependence and the molecular twisting power beta also exhibited a temperature dependence (increasing with increasing temperature). (C) 2009 Hai Quart Zhang. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All fights reserved.