Properties of new polar liquid crystalline materials with the keto group and different number of lactate units

A. Bubnov, M. Glogarová, Yu Semenova, Yu Panarin, M. Kašpar, V. Hamplová

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    Abstract

    New series of chiral liquid crystalline materials with the same rigid core with keto group and a various number of (S)-lactate groups in the chiral part of the molecule have been studied by DSC, X-ray, electro-optics and dielectric spectroscopy. All compounds contain branched terminal alkyl chain derived from (S)-2-methylbutanol. The influence of the lactate number on mesogenic behavior of those compounds has been studied. All compounds show the paraelectric SmA phase and the ferroelectric SmC* phase in a rather wide temperature range. The antiferroelectric SmC*A phase was detected for the compound possessing two lactate groups. A polar field-induced smectic phase have been observed by electro-optic studies.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number03
    Pages (from-to)13-18
    Number of pages6
    JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume5565
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2004
    EventXV Conference on Liquid Crystals - Zakopane, Poland
    Duration: 13 Oct 200317 Oct 2003

    Keywords

    • Antiferroelectric liquid crystals
    • Dielectric studies
    • Electro-optic studies
    • Ferroelectric liquid crystals
    • Field-induced phase
    • Keto group
    • Lactate unit

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