Issue 32, 2014

A fluorinated binaphthyl chiral dopant for fluorinated liquid crystal blue phases

Abstract

A 6,6′-fluorinated binaphthyl enantiomer, (R)-1, was applied as a chiral dopant to produce cholesteric blue phases (BPs). A fluorinated nematic liquid crystal doped with (R)-1 showed lower critical chirality to induce a BP and a larger temperature range of BPs than that doped with a conventional chiral dopant.

Graphical abstract: A fluorinated binaphthyl chiral dopant for fluorinated liquid crystal blue phases

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 May 2014
Accepted
18 Jun 2014
First published
19 Jun 2014

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014,2, 6467-6470

A fluorinated binaphthyl chiral dopant for fluorinated liquid crystal blue phases

K. Kakisaka, H. Higuchi, Y. Okumura and H. Kikuchi, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 6467 DOI: 10.1039/C4TC01049C

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