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| Title: |
Liquid crystalline properties of salicylaldimine-based dimers: influence of terminal alkyl chain length and central part |
| Author: |
Achten, Remko Koudijs, Arie Karczmarzyk, Zbigniew Marcelis, Antonius T. M. Sudholter, Ernst J. R. |
| Appeared in: |
Liquid crystals |
| Paging: | Volume 31 (2004) nr. 2 pages 215-227 |
| Year: |
2004-02 |
| Contents: |
The synthesis and thermotropic properties of four homologous series of salicylaldimine-based dimer liquid crystals are reported. Two 4-(4-alkoxy-2-hydroxybenzylideneamino)benzoyloxy groups are connected to a central part consisting of a 1,3-phenylene, 1,5-pentylene, 2,2-dimethyl-1,5-pentylene or 3,3-dimethyl-1,5-pentylene unit. The terminal alkoxy chains have been varied from 4 to 16 carbon atoms in length. All the compounds exhibit liquid crystalline phases whose behaviour depends on the nature of the central part and the length of the alkoxy terminal chains. All compounds of the series with the central phenyl part exhibit enantiotropic B-phases, and the sequence B6-B1-B2 on increasing terminal chain length was observed. Replacement of the phenyl group with a pentyl central group partly suppresses the formation of B-phases. The longer homologues of this series show the B1 phase, while the shorter exhibit an intercalated SmCc mesophase. The introduction of methyl substituents to the pentyl spacer causes the melting points to fall dramatically and the formation of B-phases is totally suppressed. The compounds with the long tails show intercalated SmAc phases and those with short tails show intercalated SmCc phases. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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