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Chiral liquid crystalline compounds with a re-entrant SmA* phase
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SYSNO ASEP 0366339 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Chiral liquid crystalline compounds with a re-entrant SmA* phase Author(s) Novotná, Vladimíra (FZU-D) RID, ORCID, SAI
Hamplová, Věra (FZU-D) RID, ORCID, SAI
Podoliak, Natalia (FZU-D) RID, ORCID
Kašpar, Miroslav (FZU-D) RID
Glogarová, Milada (FZU-D) RID, ORCID
Pociecha, D. (PL)
Gorecka, E. (PL)Source Title Journal of Materials Chemistry. - : ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY - ISSN 0959-9428
Roč. 21, č. 5 (2011), s. 14807-14814Number of pages 8 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords liquid crystals ; chirality ; smectic phases Subject RIV BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism R&D Projects IAA100100911 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR) GAP204/11/0723 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) CEZ AV0Z10100520 - FZU-D (2005-2011) UT WOS 000295101000068 DOI 10.1039/C1JM12131F Annotation Unusual mesomorphic behaviour has been found in a series of rod-like liquid crystalline (LC) compounds with two chiral centres in the molecular chain. A re-entrant paraelectric SmA* phase has been discovered below the ferroelectric SmC* phase on cooling for one homologue. So far this compound is the only one exhibiting the re-entrancy of the smectic A phase in chiral LC system with structural parameters so close to the upper SmA* phase. Workplace Institute of Physics Contact Kristina Potocká, potocka@fzu.cz, Tel.: 220 318 579 Year of Publishing 2012
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