Core-to-core dimers forming switchable mesophase.
M HorčicVladimíra NovotnáV NovotnáD PociechaE GoreckaPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
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.
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