Al‐Janabi, A and Mandle, RJ orcid.org/0000-0001-9816-9661 (2020) Utilising Saturated Hydrocarbon Isosteres of para Benzene in the Design of Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystals. ChemPhysChem, 21 (8). pp. 697-701. ISSN 1439-4235
Abstract
The nematic twist-bend (NTB) liquid crystal phase possesses a local helical structure with a pitch length of a few nanometres and is the first example of spontaneous symmetry breaking in a fluid system. All known examples of the NTB phase occur in materials whose constituent mesogenic units are aromatic hydrocarbons. It is not clear if this is due to synthetic convenience or a bona fide structural requirement for a material to exhibit this phase of matter. In this work we demonstrate that materials consisting largely of saturated hydrocarbons can also give rise to this mesophase.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: A. Al-Janabi, R. J. Mandle, ChemPhysChem 2020, 21, 697, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202000130. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited. |
Keywords: | conformers; isosteres; liquid crystals; nematic; small angle X-ray scattering |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Soft Matter Physics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2022 14:40 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:57 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/cphc.202000130 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:186090 |