Intrinsically chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: An inversion of the helical twist sense at the chiral nematic – Chiral ferronematic phase transition

Damian Pociecha, Rebecca Walker, Ewan Cruickshank, Jadwiga Szydlowska, Paulina Rybak, Anna Makal, Joanna Matraszek, Joanna M. Wolska, John M.D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Ewa Gorecka*

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Abstract

Strongly dipolar mesogenic compounds with a chiral center located in a lateral alkyl chain were synthesized, and shown to form the ferroelectric nematic phase. The presence of molecular chirality induced a helical structure in both the N* and NF* phases, but with opposite helix sense in the two phases. The relaxation frequency of the polar fluctuations is only weakly affected by helical structure, it was found to be slightly lower for the chiral NF* phase than for its achiral, non-branched counterpart with the same lateral chain length.

Original languageEnglish
Article number119532
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of molecular liquids
Volume361
Early online date23 Jun 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The research was supported by the National Science Centre (Poland) under the grant no. 2016/22/A/ST5/00319. C.T.I. and J.M.D.S. acknowledge the financial support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/V048775/1].

Keywords

  • Chirality
  • Ferroelectric
  • Nematic

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