Issue 3, 2016
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Soft Matter

The stabilisation of the Nx phase in mixtures

E. Ramou,ab   Z. Ahmed,a   C. Welch,a   P. K. Karahalioub  and  G. H. Mehl*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
E-mail: g.h.mehl@hull.ac.uk

b Department of Physics, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece

Abstract

The phase behaviour of mixtures between two symmetric dimers, CBC9CB and the ether-linked analogue CBOC9OCB was investigated by Polarizing Optical Microscopy (POM), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) studies. The dimeric constituents are fully miscible and the construction of a temperature-composition phase diagram reveals a surprising amplification of the stability of the Nx phase in compositions of up to 37 wt% of CBOC9OCB in CBC9CB. The origin for this enhancement of stability is discussed and an explanation based on chiral recognition is developed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SM01961C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Aug 2015
Accepted
28 Oct 2015
First published
28 Oct 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Soft Matter, 2016,12, 888-899

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The stabilisation of the Nx phase in mixtures

E. Ramou, Z. Ahmed, C. Welch, P. K. Karahaliou and G. H. Mehl, Soft Matter, 2016, 12, 888 DOI: 10.1039/C5SM01961C

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