Enhancement of Twisting Power in the Chiral Nematic Phase by Introducing Achiral Banana-Shaped Molecules
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Abstract
Achiral banana-shaped molecules with dodecyloxy tail groups, P-12-O-PIMB, N-12-O-PIMB, and S-12-O-PIMB, have exhibited unusual smectic phases which possess chiral and helical structures. In this work, we mixed these banana-shaped molecules with the chiral molecule forming a chiral nematic liquid crystal and found an exclusive effect of the achiral dopant that the twisting power of the chiral nematic phase in the mixtures is significantly increased with the increase of the content of achiral banana-shaped molecules. This characteristic effect in the chiral nematic field seems to offer the rational evidence for the twist conformation of such banana-shaped molecules, since the chirality should be included intrinsically within each chain. The asymmetric twist conformation in the ester linkage group connecting the central core with the side wings is likely to be the origin of enhanced twisting power.
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