Liquid crystal mesophases beyond commensurate four-layer periodicity

• Published in: Liquid crystals reviews Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 58 - 78
• Main Authors: Huang, C.C., Wang, Shun, Pan, LiDong, Liu, Z.Q., McCoy, B.K., Sasaki, Yuji, Ema, Kenji, Barois, P., Pindak, Ron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 02.01.2015
• Subjects: Chemical Sciences; Cristallography; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; null-transmission ellipsometry; resonant X-ray diffraction; SmC variant phases; SmCd6; variant phases; SmC∗d6; resonant X-ray diffraction; SmC; variant phases; null-transmission ellipsometry

For more than one decade, were the only three confirmed commensurate SmC* variant phases with periodicities less than or equal four layers. In 2006, employing ellipsometry and resonant X-ray diffraction (RXRD), our research team first discovered a new liquid crystal mesophase having a six-layer peri...