Journal of Materials Chemistry

The synthesis and electro-optic properties of liquid crystalline 2-(2, 3-difluorobiphenyl-4′-yl)-1, 3-dioxanes

CC Dong, JW Goodby, LKM Chan

Index: Dong, Chu Chuan; Styring, Peter; Goodby, John W.; Chan, Lawrence K. M. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 9, # 8 p. 1669 - 1677

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Abstract

Fifty-six novel alkyl and/or alkoxy disubstituted 2-(2, 3-difluorobiphenyl-4′-yl)-1, 3-dioxanes (DFBPD) were prepared. Smectic C and nematic mesophases were exhibited by most of the alkyl-alkoxy homologues. Conversely, most of the dialkyl compounds exhibited smectic C,