Synthesis of chiral liquid crystals with bisubstituted tetrahydropyran ring

Angela Borwitzky; Gunnar Gesekus; Volkmar Vill

doi:10.1117/12.301263

1 January 1998 Synthesis of chiral liquid crystals with bisubstituted tetrahydropyran ring

Angela Borwitzky, Gunnar Gesekus, Volkmar Vill

Proceedings Volume 3319, Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Structure; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.301263
Event: Liquid Crystals, 1997, Zakopane, Poland

Abstract

Xylose is a suitable source for chiral liquid crystal. Several compounds with different substituents were synthesized and their mesogenic properties were described. Cholesteric phases, blue phases, ferroelectric phases and TGB_A phase were observed.

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Angela Borwitzky, Gunnar Gesekus, and Volkmar Vill "Synthesis of chiral liquid crystals with bisubstituted tetrahydropyran ring", Proc. SPIE 3319, Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Structure, (1 January 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.301263

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