Electro-optical switching studies on 1,3-phenylene based banana shaped liquid crystals
作者:S. Balamurugan、P. Kannan、K. Yadupati、A. Roy
DOI:10.1016/j.molstruc.2011.06.027
日期:2011.8
This work deals with the study of the thermotropic liquid crystalline properties of new asymmetric bent core liquid crystals. The thermotropic properties was analyzed by polarized optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetric analysis and variable temperature X-ray diffraction measurements. Effect of equal terminal chain with asymmetric bent core system on mesomorphic behavior was examined. The shorter methyl chain compound 10a of exhibits B-1 mesophase and higher homologs (10b and 10c) shows antiferroelectric B-2 mesophases, which was studied by electro-optical measurements. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.