CrystEngComm, volume 17, issue 14, pages 2778-2782
Room temperature heliconical twist-bend nematic liquid crystal
Yuan Wang
1
,
Gautam Singh
2
,
D. M. Agra-Kooijman
2
,
Min Gao
1
,
Hari Krishna Bisoyi
1
,
Chenming Xue
1
,
Michael R. Fisch
3
,
Satyendra Kumar
2
,
Quan Li
1
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2015-01-09
General Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
General Materials Science
Abstract
The nanostructured heliconical twist-bend nematic (Ntb) phase is a new condensed phase of matter with unique properties. Here we present the first example of an achiral hybrid bent-core liquid crystal trimer that at temperatures below the conventional N phase exhibits the Ntb phase from approximately 80 °C down through room temperature. The Ntb phase has a helical structure with a period of ~19 nm.
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