Observation of helical self-assembly in cyclic triphosphazene-based columnar liquid crystals bearing chiral mesogenic units
Shruti Rani, Vidhika Punjani, Santosh Prasad Gupta, Madhu Babu Kanakala, C. V. Yelamaggad, Santanu Kumar Pal
Abstract
Cyclotriphosphazene-based discotic liquid crystals are reported exhibiting helicoildal columnar arrangement and fluorescence turn-on phenomenon.
Topics & Concepts
MesogenMaterials scienceLiquid crystalColumnar phaseDiscotic liquid crystalLiquid crystallineCrystallographyFluorescenceOpticsOptoelectronicsChemistryPhysicsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMolecular spectroscopy and chiralitySynthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds