title: Spontaneous symmetry-breaking in halogen-bonded, bent-core liquid crystals: observation of a chemically driven Iso-N-N* phase sequence.
abstract: A chiral nematic phase is observed in a halogen-bonded, bent-core mesogen, which is itself achiral; the phase sequence arises from the lability of the halogen-bonded complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UKYO10 5DD. db519@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Präsang
authors.forename: Adrian C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Whitwood
authors.forename: Duncan W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bruce