Isosorbide-based chiral dopants (ICD) with various substituent groups were newly synthesized to control their helical twisting powers (HTP). Phase transition behaviors of ICD molecules were first investigated by combined techniques of differential scanning calorimetry, wide-angle X-ray diffraction, and cross-polarized optical microscopy. ICD with n- hexyloxy end groups formed the multiple ordered phases, and those with methoxy or ...
