화학공학소재연구정보센터
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.443, 25-41, 2005
Chiral smectics: Molecular design and superstructures
Molecular design producing a strong chiral effect has been proposed and dichiral twin and monomeric materials have been prepared systematically based on this concept. A variety of superstructures are generated in the chiral smectic phases, including ferrielectric and antiferroelectric phases, a twist grain boundary phase and the variants, such as smectic blue and smectic Q phases, and mysterious isotropic phases exhibiting an anomalous electric-field induced phase transition.