Liquid crystals (LCs) are ordered soft materials formed by self-assembling molecules, which
combine anisotropic properties with the fluidity of a liquid. They can potentially be used as …

ABSTRACT A series of new calamitic liquid crystals, 4-{[(pyridin-4-yl) methylidene] amino}
phenyl 4-alkoxybenzoates comprising a heterocyclic (pyridine) and two phenyl rings core …

New azo-phenylbenzothiazole moiety-based liquid crystals with diverse substituents/groups
(H, OH, CH3, Cl, F) at position-3 of the central benzene ring were prepared and …

Optical (UV–vis and photoluminescence) properties of two soluble organic molecules based
on azomethines with benzothiazole core (BTA1 and BTA2) were reported. The structures of …

Nine new rod-like chlorobenzothiazole based liquid crystals (1–9) containing Schiff base
and ester linking groups bearing different terminal substituents are described. Although a …

Two novel groups of rod-like molecules with benzothiazole-aromatic systems: one group
(group A) having an ester linkage with different thioalkyl chain length and the other (group B) …

Two new groups of rod-like molecules with benzothiazole-aromatic systems: one group
(B1Y) and the other (B2Z) having a Schiff and ester linkages with different terminal groups …

Three series of newly derived 3-substituted-phenyl-2-(4-(tetradecyloxy) phenyl)-2, 3-dihydro-
1, 3-oxazepine-4, 7-diones, 3-substituted-phenyl-2-(4-(tetradecyloxy) phenyl)-1, 3 …

A series of azo benzothiazole chromophore based liquid crystalline compounds having
different substituents at the sixth position on benzothiazole moiety with methacrylate terminal …

Through condensation of 4-n-alkoxybenzaldehyde (n= 2 to 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18) with (E)-1-
(4-aminophenyl)-3-(thiophen-2-yl) prop-2-en-1-one, new homologous series of rod shaped …