title: Core-to-core dimers forming switchable mesophase.
abstract: We report structurally new type of dimers composed of bent-core molecules connected through their central cores by an alkylene spacer. Various self-assembling structures are discovered when prolonging the terminal alkyl chains in arms. Among diverse mesophases, the antiferroelectric type of switching under an applied electric field is observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, CZ-166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic. Jiri.Svoboda@vscht.cz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horčic
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, CZ-166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic. Jiri.Svoboda@vscht.cz.
authors.forename: J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9960-4426
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Svoboda
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, CZ-182 21 Prague 9, Czech Republic. novotna@fzu.cz.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Novotná
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Dielectrics and Magnetics, Chemistry Department, Warsaw University, Al. Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland. pociu@chem.uw.edu.pl.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pociecha
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Dielectrics and Magnetics, Chemistry Department, Warsaw University, Al. Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland. pociu@chem.uw.edu.pl.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gorecka