Biaxial Nematic Phase Derived From Banana-Shaped Molecules Containing Naphthylene Central Unit

  • Seo, Young-Ho (Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Choi, E-Joon (Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Park, Sang-Byung (Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Zin, Wang-Cheol (Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
  • Published : 2008.10.13

Abstract

Banana-shaped molecules were synthesized introducing ester linking group into mesogenic unit, varying the central unit with 1,6-, 2,3-naphthylenes, and introducing the hexyloxy group as the terminal flexible unit. The properties of the compounds were characterized by FT-IR, NMR spectroscopy, DSC, polarizing optical microscopy, and X-ray diffractometry.

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