@article{c3b585cf79ec4f648da472fdac382101,
title = "Intrinsically Chiral Twist-Bend Nematogens: Interplay of Molecular and Structural Chirality in the NTB Phase",
abstract = "Non-symmetric lactate-based chiral liquid crystal dimers containing an odd-membered spacer are shown to exhibit a chiral twist-bend nematic phase which is stable on cooling to room temperature. A comparison of racemic and optically pure materials reveals that the pitch length in the N* TB phase is not influenced by molecular chirality, whereas the nematic-twist-bend nematic transition temperature is increased.",
keywords = "Chirality, Liquid Crystals, Twist-bend nematic phase, Resonant soft X-ray scattering",
author = "Rebecca Walker and Damian Pociecha and Miroslaw Salamonczyk and Storey, {John M D} and Ewa Gorecka and Imrie, {Corrie T}",
note = "Research Funding National Science Centre (Poland). Grant Number: 2021/43/B/ST5/00240 Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Prof Michal Kohout from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague (Czech Republic) for performing chiral HPLC to determine enantiomeric purity of the reported materials. D. P. gratefully thanks the National Science Centre (Poland) under the grant no. 2021/43/B/ST5/00240. This research used resources of the Advanced Light Source (beamline 11.0.1.2), which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility under contract no. DE‐AC02‐05CH11231. Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Prof Michal Kohout from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague (Czech Republic) for performing chiral HPLC to determine enantiomeric purity of the reported materials. D. P. gratefully thanks the National Science Centre (Poland) under the grant no. 2021/43/B/ST5/00240. This research used resources of the Advanced Light Source (beamline 11.0.1.2), which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH.",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1002/cphc.202200807",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
journal = "ChemPhysChem",
issn = "1439-4235",
publisher = "WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH",
number = "6",
}