Chiral solutes can seed the formation of enantiomorphic domains in a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal
Chiral solutes can seed the formation of enantiomorphic domains in a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal
The twist-bend nematic, an enantiomorphic liquid-crystalline phase, exhibited by the structurally symmetric liquid-crystal dimer CB7CB is induced to form a single domain of uniform handedness, in the bulk, by the addition of the dopant chiral solute (S)-1-phenylethanol. Addition of a nonracemic (or scalemic) mixture of both R and S enantiomers of this solute produced equal volumes of P and M chiral domains for the twist-bend nematic phase. This seeding of the domains in an enantiomorphic nematic conglomerate is revealed using deuterium NMR spectroscopy.
Emsley, James W.
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Lesot, Philippe
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Luckhurst, Geoffrey R.
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Meddour, Abdelkrim
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Merlet, Denis
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3 April 2013
Emsley, James W.
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Lesot, Philippe
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Luckhurst, Geoffrey R.
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Meddour, Abdelkrim
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Merlet, Denis
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Emsley, James W., Lesot, Philippe, Luckhurst, Geoffrey R., Meddour, Abdelkrim and Merlet, Denis
(2013)
Chiral solutes can seed the formation of enantiomorphic domains in a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal.
Physical Review E, 87 (R).
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.87.040501).
Abstract
The twist-bend nematic, an enantiomorphic liquid-crystalline phase, exhibited by the structurally symmetric liquid-crystal dimer CB7CB is induced to form a single domain of uniform handedness, in the bulk, by the addition of the dopant chiral solute (S)-1-phenylethanol. Addition of a nonracemic (or scalemic) mixture of both R and S enantiomers of this solute produced equal volumes of P and M chiral domains for the twist-bend nematic phase. This seeding of the domains in an enantiomorphic nematic conglomerate is revealed using deuterium NMR spectroscopy.
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Published date: 3 April 2013
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