Spontaneous chiral ordering in the nematic phase of an achiral banana-shaped compound

被引：144

作者：

Pelzl, G ^{[1
]}

Eremin, A ^{[1
]}

Diele, S ^{[1
]}

Kresse, H ^{[1
]}

Weissflog, W ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Phys Chem, D-06108 Halle An Der Saale, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY | 2002年 / 12卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1039/b206236d

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

A new achiral banana-shaped mesogen is presented which exhibits a nematic phase and an isotropic mesomorphic phase with spontaneous chiral ordering.

引用

页码：2591 / 2593

页数：3

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