Strachan, G.J., Górecka, E., Hobbs, J. orcid.org/0009-0009-5331-1615 et al. (1 more author) (2025) Fluorination: Simple Change but Complex Impact on Ferroelectric Nematic and Smectic Liquid Crystal Phases. Journal of the American Chemical Society. ISSN 0002-7863
Abstract
A series of liquid crystal (LC) materials are reported, which form a variety of ferroelectric nematic and smectic phases. The relationship between the number and position of lateral fluorine substituents and the formation of ferroelectric LC phases is investigated. While the addition of fluorine substituents increases the temperature at which ferroelectric order appears, the relationship between fluorination and the LC phase sequence is more complicated. Introducing lateral fluorine substituents can either suppress or promote the formation of ferroelectric smectic phases, depending on their position within the molecule, and the interplay between these trends allows for more exotic ferroelectric phases to appear.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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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) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number MRC (Medical Research Council) MR/W006391/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2025 10:55 |
Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2025 10:55 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/jacs.4c16802 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:223012 |