Direct transition from a nematic phase to a polar biaxial smectic A phase in a homologous series of unsymmetrically substituted bent-core compoundsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: physical and spectral data obtained for the compounds of series 1j, 1k and 1l. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/jm/b3/b309262c/
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Abstract
The synthesis and characterization of twenty seven new compounds belonging to three homologous series of compounds derived from 3-hydroxybenzoic acid are reported. One of the terminal positions of the constituent molecules of these compounds is substituted with a strongly polar cyano group while the other end contains an n-alkyl chain attached to a biphenyl moiety. Twenty two of these compounds show the polar partial bilayer biaxial smectic A phase which is antiferroelectric in nature. In addition, a direct transition from the nematic phase to the polar partial bilayer biaxial smectic A phase which has not been seen before is also reported. The mesophases have been characterized using polarized light optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction studies and electro-optical experiments.
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