Vanishing tails and a resilient mesophase: columnar liquid crystals in the limit of short tails
Parikshit Guragain, Mitchell Powers, John J. Portman, Brett Ellman, Robert J. Twieg
Abstract
We present discotic liquid crystals consisting of fluorinated triphenylene with unusually short tails, including mere methoxy or ethoxy tails. Understanding these short-tailed liquid crystals may lead to new applications for discotic liquid crystals.
Topics & Concepts
TriphenyleneMesophaseDiscotic liquid crystalLiquid crystalColumnar phaseLimit (mathematics)Materials scienceAlkoxy groupCrystallographyChemical physicsCondensed matter physicsChemistryPhysicsOrganic chemistryAlkylMathematicsOptoelectronicsMathematical analysisLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationPlant Reproductive Biology