| Literature DB >> 29552681 |
R Walker1, D Pociecha2, J P Abberley1, A Martinez-Felipe3, D A Paterson1, E Forsyth1, G B Lawrence1, P A Henderson1, J M D Storey1, E Gorecka2, C T Imrie1.
Abstract
The spontaneous formation of a chiral phase via molecular recognition in a system consisting of achiral components is reported. Specifically, the liquid crystalline behaviour of two molecular complexes assembled by hydrogen bonding between a stilbazole-based template and alkoxybenzoic acids has been characterised. The complexes exhibit the heliconical twist-bend nematic phase (NTB) over a broad temperature range despite the hydrogen-bond acceptor not being liquid crystalline and the donor exhibiting the conventional achiral nematic phase.Entities:
Year: 2018 PMID: 29552681 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00525G
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222