| Literature DB >> 18816114 |
Jeffrey C Roberts1, Nadia Kapernaum, Frank Giesselmann, Robert P Lemieux.
Abstract
According to a new design strategy for "de Vries-like" liquid crystal materials, we report the synthesis and characterization of an organosiloxane mesogen with a 5-phenylpyrimidine core that forms SmA and SmC liquid crystal phases. This new material is characterized by a maximum layer contraction of 1.2% upon SmA-SmC phase transition and is comparable to the best "de Vries-like" materials reported heretofore.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18816114 DOI: 10.1021/ja805672q
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419