Core-to-core dimers forming switchable mesophase?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2017-02-03 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09983A

Abstract

We report structurally new type of dimers composed of bent-core molecules connected through their central cores by an alkylene spacer. Various self-assembling structures are discovered when prolonging the terminal alkyl chains in arms. Among diverse mesophases, the antiferroelectric type of switching under an applied electric field is observed.

Graphical abstract: Core-to-core dimers forming switchable mesophase
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