Achiral diacrylate with an anticlinic smectic phase |
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| Authors: | M Rosario De La Fuente Enrique Martín Miguel Ángel Pérez Jubindo Carmen Artal Blanca Ros José Luis Serrano |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Física Aplicada II, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain;2. Departamento de Qu mica Orga nica, Facultad de Ciencias-I.C.M.A., Universidad de Zaragoza-C.S.I.C., 50009 Zaragoza, Spain |
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| Abstract: | We present an achiral diacrylate that shows a phase transition from the synclinic smectic C phase (SmC) to the anticlinic smectic C (SmCalt). This last phase has been previously reported only for swallow-tailed or dimeric compounds. Our studies using differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, polarizing optical microscopy and broad band dielectric spectroscopy suggest the existence of this mesophase in this bifunctional smectogen. |
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