JOURNAL ARTICLE

Methylene- and thioether-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers CBnSCB exhibiting room temperature twist-bend nematic phases and glasses

Yuki ArakawaKenta KomatsuTakuma ShibaHideto Tsuji

Year: 2021 Journal:   Materials Advances Vol: 2 (5)Pages: 1760-1773   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

A homologous series of methylene- and thioether-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers, CBnSCB, was developed and found to exhibit stable twist-bend nematic (NTB) phases, which undergo vitrification to give NTBglass phases.

Keywords:
Liquid crystal Thioether Homologous series Methylene Twist Materials science Crystallography Vitrification Phase (matter) Chemistry Organic chemistry Polymer chemistry Physics Geometry

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