Twist grain boundary (TGB) states of chiral liquid crystalline bent-core mesogens.
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4-Cyanoresorcinol derived bent-core molecules with a chiral (S)-2-methylbutoxy chain form liquid crystalline phases with TGBA- and TGBC-like structures at the transition from cybotactic nematic via SmA to SmC phases.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 51 35 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015