Alkylthio-based asymmetric liquid crystals: unravelling the substituent effects and intercalated cybotactic nematic and smectic phases
Yuki Arakawa, Yuko Ishida, Yukito Sasaki, Shunsuke Sasaki, Masatoshi Tokita, Hideto Tsuji
Abstract
A homologous series of alkylthio- and alkoxy-based asymmetric calamitic liquid crystal (LC) molecules was developed. The effects of alkylthio groups on the phase transition properties and unexpected intercalated LC phase structures were studied.
Topics & Concepts
Liquid crystalHomologous seriesSubstituentAlkoxy groupPhase (matter)CrystallographyMoleculePhase transitionMaterials scienceChemistryStereochemistryOrganic chemistryAlkylCondensed matter physicsPhysicsOptoelectronicsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsMolecular spectroscopy and chirality