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Formation of smectic phases in binary liquid crystal mixtures with a huge length ratio.


ABSTRACT: A system of two liquid-crystalline phenylpyrimidines differing strongly in molecular length was studied. The phase diagram of these two chemically similar mesogens, with a length ratio of 2, was investigated, and detailed X-ray diffraction and electrooptical measurements were performed. The phase diagram revealed a destabilization of the nematic phase, which is present in the pure short compound, while the smectic state was stabilized. The short compound forms smectic A and smectic C phases, whereas the longer compound forms a broad smectic C phase and a narrow higher-ordered smectic phase. Nevertheless, in the mixtures, the smectic C phase is destabilized and disappears rapidly, whereas smectic A is the only stable phase observed over a broad concentration range. In addition, the smectic translational order parameters as well as the tilt angles of the mixtures are reduced. The higher-ordered smectic phase of the longer mesogen was identified as a smectic F phase.

SUBMITTER: Kapernaum N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3458729 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Formation of smectic phases in binary liquid crystal mixtures with a huge length ratio.

Kapernaum Nadia N   Knecht Friederike F   Hartley C Scott CS   Roberts Jeffrey C JC   Lemieux Robert P RP   Giesselmann Frank F  

Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20120719


A system of two liquid-crystalline phenylpyrimidines differing strongly in molecular length was studied. The phase diagram of these two chemically similar mesogens, with a length ratio of 2, was investigated, and detailed X-ray diffraction and electrooptical measurements were performed. The phase diagram revealed a destabilization of the nematic phase, which is present in the pure short compound, while the smectic state was stabilized. The short compound forms smectic A and smectic C phases, whe  ...[more]

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