Chemical and physical aspects of recent bent-shaped liquid crystals exhibiting chiral and achiral mesophases
Bent-core liquid crystals (BLCs) are a class of thermotropic LCs that exhibit chiral and polar
superstructures in achiral molecules. Progress in design and synthesis of novel bent-core …
superstructures in achiral molecules. Progress in design and synthesis of novel bent-core …
Polar response and Fréedericksz transition in cybotactic nematic fluids of unsymmetrical bent-core molecules
The appearance of polar order in nematic fluids is of broad interest rejuvenating affluent
concepts of physics and chemistry. In bent-core nematics (BCNs), ferroelectric switching is a …
concepts of physics and chemistry. In bent-core nematics (BCNs), ferroelectric switching is a …
Photoswitchable bent-core nematic liquid crystals with methylated azobenzene wing exhibiting optic-field-enhanced Freedericksz transition effect
N Begum, S Kaur, Y Xiang, H Yin… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We have investigated two new series of unsymmetrical four-ring bent-core molecules with
methylated azobenzene wings exhibiting nematic mesophase. The difference between the …
methylated azobenzene wings exhibiting nematic mesophase. The difference between the …
Extremely high Kerr constant and low operating voltage in a stable room-temperature blue phase III derived from three-ring-based bent-core molecules
RK Khan, G Mohiuddin, N Begum… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, we used a new series of highly polar three-ring-based bent-core liquid crystals
(BCLCs) to stabilize a wide temperature range of blue phase III (BPIII), including room …
(BCLCs) to stabilize a wide temperature range of blue phase III (BPIII), including room …
Design, synthesis and characterization of achiral unsymmetrical four-ring based hockey-stick shaped liquid crystals: structure-property relationship
Hockey-stick-shaped liquid crystals are interesting due to their unusual physical properties.
Nematic phase observed in these materials have shown promising ferroelectric-like …
Nematic phase observed in these materials have shown promising ferroelectric-like …
Structural understanding, photoswitchability, and supergelation of a new class of four ring-based bent-shaped liquid crystal
Herein, we report a new type of azobenzene-based unsymmetrical bent-core molecules
exhibiting photoswitchability in the liquid crystalline state, solid state, and solution state and …
exhibiting photoswitchability in the liquid crystalline state, solid state, and solution state and …
Influence of terminal halogen moieties on the phase structure of short-core achiral hockey-stick-shaped mesogens: design, synthesis and structure–property …
An extensive study of the effect of terminal halogens on the structure–property relationship in
three series of polar short-core hockey-stick-shaped or L-shaped mesogens has been …
three series of polar short-core hockey-stick-shaped or L-shaped mesogens has been …
Structural organization and molecular self-assembly of a new class of polar and non-polar four-ring based bent-core molecules
We have studied two new series of polar and non-polar four-ring based achiral bent-core
molecules containing single bondCN and single bondOCH 3 moiety respectively at the tip of …
molecules containing single bondCN and single bondOCH 3 moiety respectively at the tip of …
Observation of disordered mesomorphism in three-ring-based highly polar bent-core molecules: design, synthesis and characterisation
G Mohiuddin, N Begum, NVS Rao, S Kaur… - Liquid …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Research on low-temperature polar bent-core nematogens having lower molecular weight
has gathered appreciable momentum by virtue of their significance in potential applications …
has gathered appreciable momentum by virtue of their significance in potential applications …
Cybotactic nematic phase of achiral unsymmetrical bent-core liquid crystals–quelling of polar ordering and the influence of terminal substituent moiety
S Patranabish, G Mohiuddin, N Begum… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nematic phase of bent-core liquid crystals (LCs) exhibiting cybotactic clusters (N Cyb) have
gained significant importance owing to its promising ability to demonstrate macroscopic …
gained significant importance owing to its promising ability to demonstrate macroscopic …