[HTML][HTML] Electric field induced buckling of inversion walls in lens-shape liquid crystal droplets

Z Karaszi, M Máthé, P Salamon, Á Buka… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lens-shaped liquid crystal samples have the potential for their use in tunable multifocal
optical lenses. In previous observations (Phys. Rev. Research, 2, 023261 (2020) and J. Mol …

Effect of orientation of lateral fluorine atom on the mesophase behaviour of azo/ester molecules with terminal naphthyl group

AA Sultan, AA Fahmi, GR Saad, MM Naoum - Liquid Crystals, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Two homologous series of the three-ring 4ʹ-(4"-alkoxy-2"-(or 3") fluoro phenylazo)
benzoates terminated with 2-(or 1-) naphthyl groups (I n d&e or II n d&e), respectively, were …

Steric effect of di-lateral methyl substituent on the mesophase behavior of four-ring azo/ester/azo homologues

AA Fahmi, GR Saad, MH Ali, NHS Ahmed - Liquid Crystals, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Four series of azo/ester/azo four-rings homologues, namely, 4-substituted phenylazo-3-
methyl phenyl-4′-n-alkoxy 3-methyl phenylazo benzoates (I n ad), bearing two terminals …

Effect of lateral bromo substituent on the phase behavior of four-ring azo/ester/azo liquid crystalline materials

NHS Ahmed, GR Saad, MM Naoum - Liquid Crystals, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In order to study the influence of lateral Br substitution on mesophase behaviour, five
homologous series of 4-substituted phenylazo phenyl 4ʹ-(3ʺ-bromo-4ʺ-alkoxyphenylazo) …

Unsymmetrical mesogenic dimers containing azo and azomethine naphthalenes: Synthesis, characterization, mesomorphic properties and DFT studies

M Rabari, AK Prajapati - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024 - Elsevier
The synthesis and properties of two new mesogenic homologous series comprising of
sixteen unsymmetrical dimers of cyanoazobenzene and azo/azomethine naphthalene are …

Spectroscopic and DFT investigations: Mesogenic alpha-Naphthyl derivatives with central cinnamate and ester linkages

S Thakur, HN Patel, S Mittal, K Agrawal - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2023 - Elsevier
Two novel mesomorphic homologous series of cinnamates and esters with terminal
naphthalene derivatives:(E)-naphthalen-1-yl 3-(4-(alkoxy) phenyl) acrylate (I) and …

[HTML][HTML] Defects induced by anchoring transitions of nematic fluids at solid and gas interfaces

MT Mathe, A Buka, P Salamon - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
Temperature triggered anchoring transitions in nematic liquid crystals have been
investigated at solid, as well as at air interfaces. We established a searching algorithm …

Liquid crystalline dimers containing a cholesteryl benzoate unit: smectic phase, chiral nematic phase and blue phase

J Li, Y Cong, H Huang, Q Shi, Y Jia… - New Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multiple mesophases, including the smectic A phase (Sm A), chiral nematic phase (N*), and
blue phase (BP I), were seen in a series of non-symmetric bent mesogenic dimers …

Mesomorphic and Optical Properties of Azo-Ester Liquid Crystalline Reactive Mesogens with Enhanced Thermal Stability

S Saging, N Ahmad, MR Karim, LW Nam… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
A series of azo-ester-linked polymerizable liquid crystalline compounds M1-M3, containing
lateral methyl substitution and different terminal alkoxy substituents, eg,− OCH 3,− OCH 2 …

Effect of orientation of extra fused benzene ring and lateral methyl substituent on the mesophase behaviour of three-ring azo/ester molecules

AM Sultan, AA Fahmi, GR Saad, MM Naoum - Liquid Crystals, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Two homologous series of the three-ring azo/ester compounds 2-(or1-) naphthyl 4ʹ-(4ʹ'-
alkoxy phenylazo) benzoates (I na and II na) were synthesised. A lateral methyl group was …