Highly elastic liquid crystals with a sub-nanonewton bending elastic constant mediated by the resident molecular assemblies

Satoshi Aya; Haruki Obara; Damian Pociecha; Fumito Araoka; Kunihiko Okano; Ken Ishikawa; Ewa Gorecka; Takashi Yamashita; Hideo Takezoe

doi:10.1002/adma.201304171

Highly elastic liquid crystals with a sub-nanonewton bending elastic constant mediated by the resident molecular assemblies

Satoshi Aya, Haruki Obara, Damian Pociecha, Fumito Araoka, Kunihiko Okano, Ken Ishikawa, Ewa Gorecka, Takashi Yamashita, Hideo Takezoe

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Abstract

A surprisingly high bending elastic constant (K₃₃) is obtained in a newly synthesized compound shown here. Mixtures containing a few percent of this compound confirm the influence of the unusual K₃₃ values, and show an improved electro-optic response. The origin of the huge K₃₃ is discussed based on the formation of a smectic cluster structure formed in the nematic phase.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1918-1922
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	26
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201304171
Publication status	Published - 2014 Mar 26

Keywords

X-ray diffraction
cybotactic clusters
elastic constant
electro-optic response
liquid crystals

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Materials Science(all)
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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