| Title | Nematic Liquid Crystals with Bent-Rod Shapes: Mesomorphic Thiophenes with Lateral Dipole Moments. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | Kishikawa, K, Harris, MC, Swager, TM |
| Journal | Chemistry of Materials |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pagination | 867–871 |
| ISSN | 0897-4756 |
| Keywords | nematic thiophene bent rod shape lateral dipole moment |
| Abstract | A no. of bent-rod mols. of thiophene derivs. were prepd., and their phase behavior was studied. Mostly these compds. have the nematic phase. The crystal structure of 3,4-dicyano-2,5-bis[(methoxyphenyl)ethynyl]thiophene shows that the antiparallel arrangements of lateral dipoles seems most likely. Crystals are monoclinic, space group P21/n, with a 11.5757(2), b 10.03300(10), c 17.3438(4) \AA, $\beta$ 100.4580(10)°; Z = |
| DOI | 10.1021/CM980631G |