Chemical and physical aspects of recent bent-shaped liquid crystals exhibiting chiral and achiral mesophases. Issue 7 (15th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kaur, Supreet; Punjani, Vidhika; Yadav, Neelam; Barthakur, Abinash; Baghla, Anshika; Dhara, Surajit; Pal, Santanu Kumar
• Is Part Of: Liquid crystals. Volume 49:Issue 7/9(2022)
• Page Start: 1078
• Page End: 1146
• Publication Date: 2022-07-15
• Subjects: Liquid crystals -- bent-core compounds -- mesophases -- polar -- physical properties; Liquid crystals -- Periodicals; 548.905
• DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2022.2028313
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0267-8292

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Bent-core liquid crystals (BLCs) are a class of thermotropic LCs that exhibit chiral and polar superstructures in achiral molecules. Progress in design and synthesis of novel bent-core architectures in search of unconventional properties enriched the field of BLCs. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the recent bent-shaped LCs, discuss relevant simulation and theoretical models, which draws a comparison to experimental results, survey the advances in the molecular design and structure-property correlation, and predict the future directions from chemical and physical perspectives. This review article is dedicated in commemoration of Prof. B K Sadashiva, a pioneer chemist who made a notable contribution to the field of bent-core liquid crystals. Graphical Abstract: uf0001