Molecular structure and chiral liquid crystalline phases |
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| Authors: | B K Sadashiva |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Raman Research Institute, C.V. Raman Avenue, 560 080 Bangalore, India |
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| Abstract: | We describe briefly some results obtained on both chiral and achiral compounds exhibiting chiral mesophases. We report the first example of a single component system exhibiting the undulated twist grain boundary C* or UTGB C* phase. Preliminary results concerning a few achiral compounds composed of banana-shaped molecules exhibiting a mesophase is reported. They have been investigated by polarized light optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and x-ray diffraction studies. |
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| Keywords: | Chiral achiral banana-shaped molecules undulating twist grain boundary phase |
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