Design of discotic liquid crystal enabling complete switching along with memory of homeotropic and homogeneous alignment over a large area-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Design of discotic liquid crystal enabling complete switching along with memory of homeotropic and homogeneous alignment over a large area

Published:2022 Issue:34 Volume:13 Page:9891-9901
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Shoji Yoshiaki¹²^ORCID,Kobayashi Miki²,Kosaka Atsuko¹,Haruki Rie³,Kumai Reiji³^ORCID,Adachi Shin-ichi³,Kajitani Takashi⁴⁵,Fukushima Takanori¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan

2. Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan

3. Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan

4. Open Facility Development Office, Open Facility Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan

5. RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan

Abstract

A columnar liquid crystal consisting of a triphenylene hexacarboxylic ester mesogen and semifluoroalkyl side chains shows complete switching between homeotropic and homogeneous alignments, each of which remains persistent up to its melting point.

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/SC/D2SC03677K

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