Spontaneous symmetry-breaking in halogen-bonded, bent-core liquid crystals: observation of a chemically driven Iso-N-N* phase sequence.
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.
Präsang
Carsten
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Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UKYO10 5DD. db519@york.ac.uk.
Whitwood
Adrian C
AC
Bruce
Duncan W
DW