Controlling spontaneous chirality in achiral materials: liquid crystal oligomers and the heliconical twist-bend nematic phase
Magdalena Majewska, Ewan Forsyth, Damian Pociecha, C. Wang, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Ewa Górecka
Abstract
Liquid crystal oligomers, namely dimers, trimers and tetramers, consisting of cyanobiphenyl and benzylideneaniline-based mesogenic units connected by either linear or bent alkoxy or alkyl spacers are reported.
Topics & Concepts
Liquid crystalTwistChirality (physics)Phase (matter)Materials scienceCrystallographyLiquid crystallineChemical physicsChemistryOrganic chemistryOptoelectronicsGeometryPhysicsChiral symmetryNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelMathematicsQuarkQuantum mechanicsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsMolecular spectroscopy and chirality