Issue 18, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Spontaneous symmetry-breaking in halogen-bonded, bent-core liquid crystals: observation of a chemically driven Iso–N–N* phase sequence†‡

Carsten Präsang,a   Adrian C. Whitwooda  and  Duncan W. Bruce*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
E-mail: db519@york.ac.uk
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Abstract

A chiralnematic phase is observed in a halogen-bonded, bent-core mesogen, which is itself achiral; the phase sequence arises from the lability of the halogen-bonded complex.

Graphical abstract: Spontaneous symmetry-breaking in halogen-bonded, bent-core liquid crystals: observation of a chemically driven Iso–N–N* phase sequence

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B719555A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Dec 2007
Accepted
08 Feb 2008
First published
27 Feb 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 2137-2139

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Spontaneous symmetry-breaking in halogen-bonded, bent-core liquid crystals: observation of a chemically driven Iso–N–N* phase sequence

C. Präsang, A. C. Whitwood and D. W. Bruce, Chem. Commun., 2008, 2137 DOI: 10.1039/B719555A

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