Non-Symmetric Liquid Crystal Dimers Containing Azobenzene and 1,3,4- Oxadiazole Group: Synthesis and Mesomorphic Behaviour

Title: Non-Symmetric Liquid Crystal Dimers Containing Azobenzene and 1,3,4- Oxadiazole Group: Synthesis and Mesomorphic Behaviour

Volume: 9 Issue: 1

Author(s): Binglian Bai, Haitao Wang, Xiaolong Lin, Xia Ran, Chengxiao Zhao and Min Li

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Keywords: Azobenzene, intercalated structure, interdigitated structure, liquid crystal dimers, 1,3,4-oxadiazole, non-symmetric dimers, symmetric dimers, hydrogen, alkyl

Abstract: We report on the synthesis and mesomorphic behaviour of a new series of non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers with long terminal chains containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole group and azobenzene group as the mesogenic units. These nonsymmetric liquid crystal dimers are evidenced to display monolayer smectic A phase. Microphase segregation and specific intermolecular interactions between the two different mesogenic units are the major driving forces for the formation of the monolayer smectic A structure.

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Bai Binglian, Wang Haitao, Lin Xiaolong, Ran Xia, Zhao Chengxiao and Li Min, Non-Symmetric Liquid Crystal Dimers Containing Azobenzene and 1,3,4- Oxadiazole Group: Synthesis and Mesomorphic Behaviour, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2012; 9 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017812799303962