Ferroelectric liquid crystals: synthesis and thermal behavior of optically active, three‐ring schiff bases and salicylaldimines

BN Veerabhadraswamy, DSS Rao… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The chiral ferroelectric smectic C (SmC*) phase, characterized by a helical superstructure,
has been well exploited in developing high‐resolution microdisplays that have been …

Imine based chiral liquid crystals: effect of varying the terminal substituent and orientation of ester linking unit

G Karanlık, H Ocak, BB Eran - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
New liquid crystalline compounds composed of three-benzene-ring molecular core
comprising both the imine and ester linkage units,(S)-3, 7-dimethyloctyloxy chiral unit at one …

Observation of ferroelectric behaviour in non-symmetrical cholesterol-based bent-shaped dimers

V Punjani, G Mohiuddin, S Chakraborty, P Barman… - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-symmetrical cholesterol-based dimers have emerged as crucial materials in the field of
liquid crystal research, owing to their remarkable ability to stabilize various exotic …

Highly frustrated liquid crystal phases in optically active dimers: synthesis and rich phase transitional behavior

RA Nayak, SA Bhat, G Shanker, DSS Rao… - New Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein we report on the synthesis and characterization of four new series of optically active,
nonsymmetric dimers in which cholesterol is covalently linked to a Schiff base core through …

Carbazole capped Schiff base and its boron difluoride complex as luminescent columnar phases with application as turn on chemosensor towards Al3+ as well as …

Z Guo, S Chen, Y Duan, Q Xiao, Q Yan, X Cheng - Dyes and Pigments, 2025 - Elsevier
Three carbazole Schiff base derived hexacatenar liquid crystals (LCs) L/n (n= 12, 14, 16)
composed of salicylaldimines as the central core with N-trialkoxylbenzyl carbazole capped …

Supramolecular non-symmetric dimers derived from cholesterol: synthesis and phase transitional properties

US Hiremath, GG Nair, DSS Rao - Liquid Crystals, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Three series of novel dimeric supramolecules, possessing both inter-as well as
intramolecular H-bonding, have been prepared and investigated for their thermal properties …

Multicomponent reactions mediated by NbCl5 for the synthesis of phthalonitrile-quinoline dyads: Methodology, scope, mechanistic insights and applications in …

AA Bartolomeu, TJ Brocksom, LC da Silva Filho… - Dyes and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Herein, we demonstrate the efficiency of NbCl 5 to promote a multicomponent reaction
(MCR) for the synthesis of a library of phthalonitrile-quinoline dyads, which are very useful …

Synthesis, characterization, investigation of mesomorphic properties and DFT studies of a new 2, 5-(dimethoxy)-2-[[(4-(dodecyloxy) phenyl) imino] methyl] benzene): a …

H Elmalı Gülbaş, E Tanış, A Antepli - Journal of Materials Science …, 2020 - Springer
In this article, synthesis, characterization and mesomorphic properties of a new calamitic
liquid crystal, 2, 5-(dimethoxy)-2-[[(4-(dodecyloxy) phenyl) imino] methyl] benzene)(DDPIMB) …

The synthesis and investigation of mesomorphic, dielectric, and electro-optic behavior of novel chiral imine-based rod-like liquid crystal

D Ceylan-Erdoğan, E Ahlatcıoğlu Özerol… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
The synthesis and mesomorphic properties of novel chiral imine-based rod-like molecules
carrying a (S)-3, 7-Dimethyloctyloxy unit and an-decyloxy chain at terminals have been …

Optically Biaxial, Re‐entrant and Frustrated Mesophases in Chiral, Non‐symmetric Liquid Crystal Dimers and Binary Mixtures

V Padmini, PN Babu, GG Nair, DSS Rao… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Sixteen optically active, non‐symmetric dimers, in which cyanobiphenyl and salicylaldimine
mesogens are interlinked by a flexible spacer, were synthesized and characterized. While …