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- Title
A Nanohelicoidal Nematic Liquid Crystal Formed by a Non‐Linear Duplexed Hexamer.
- Authors
Mandle, Richard J.; Goodby, John W.
- Abstract
Abstract: The twist‐bend modulated nematic liquid‐crystal phase exhibits formation of a nanometre‐scale helical pitch in a fluid and spontaneous breaking of mirror symmetry, leading to a quasi‐fluid state composed of chiral domains despite being composed of achiral materials. This phase was only observed for materials with two or more mesogenic units, the manner of attachment between which is always linear. Non‐linear oligomers with a H‐shaped hexamesogen are now found to exhibit both nematic and twist‐bend modulated nematic phases. This shatters the assumption that a linear sequence of mesogenic units is a prerequisite for this phase, and points to this state of matter being exhibited by a wider range of self‐assembling structures than was previously envisaged. These results support the double helix model of the TB phase as opposed to the simple heliconical model. This new class of materials could act as low‐molecular‐weight surrogates for cross‐linked liquid‐crystalline elastomers.
- Subjects
NEMATIC liquid crystals; CRYSTAL symmetry; NANOMETROLOGY; MESOGENIC groups; NONLINEAR analysis
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2018, Vol 130, Issue 24, p7214
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.201802881