Synthesis and Electro-Optical Properties of Some Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Derived from Lactic Acid
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 146 (1) , 189-216
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948708071813
Abstract
We have synthesized two series of liquid crystals, viz. 4′-(ω-(2-ethoxy) propoxy)alkoxyphenyl 4-alkoxybenzoate, 2, (abbreviated Cm-Cn-OEt*) and 4′-(ω-(2-chloro)propoxy)alkoxyphenyl 4-alkoxybenzoate, 3, (abbreviated Cm-Cn-Cl*). Compounds belonging to the latter mainly exhibit smectic A and B phases while the former show enantiotropic smectic C* at or near room temperature as well as A and smectic phases of higher order. The magnitude of the spontaneous polarization is moderate (–4 nC/cm2). There is no alteration in sign for the spontaneous polarization and for the helical pitch as function of the n value. The Cm-C3-OEt* and Cm-C5-OEt* compounds are exhibiting unusually long helical periodicity for a pure compound (30–50 μm). Compounds of series 2 also show a close relationship between spontaneous polarization and tilt angle giving a practically temperature independent ratio P/θ, making the definition of a material constant Po = P/θ meaningful.Keywords
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