TY - JOUR
T1 - Pre-organization effects on chirality, polarity and biaxiality in liquid crystals
T2 - Novel laterally connected mesogens showing anomalous properties
AU - Nishiyama, Isa
AU - Tabe, Yuka
AU - Yamamoto, Jun
AU - Yokoyama, Hiroshi
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Pre-organization effects are investigated for the laterally-connected liquid crystals possessing a biphenyl connecting group. The homeotropic texture of the N phase of a free-standing film sample was found to change into the other Schlieren texture on cooling even in the N phase, which then changes into the Schlieren texture of the SmC phase on further cooling. The possibility of the emergence of biaxiality in the N phase is discussed.
AB - Pre-organization effects are investigated for the laterally-connected liquid crystals possessing a biphenyl connecting group. The homeotropic texture of the N phase of a free-standing film sample was found to change into the other Schlieren texture on cooling even in the N phase, which then changes into the Schlieren texture of the SmC phase on further cooling. The possibility of the emergence of biaxiality in the N phase is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/15421406.2011.581528
DO - 10.1080/15421406.2011.581528
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80053357932
SN - 1542-1406
VL - 549
SP - 174
EP - 183
JO - Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
JF - Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
ER -