Ferroelectric liquid crystals possessing a novel fluorinated chiral moiety

Toshihiro Hirai; Atsushi Yoshizawa; Nobuyuki Shiratori; Akihisa Yokoyama; Christopher Sherman; Laura A. Pagano-Stauffer; Rohini T. Vohra; Michael D. Wand

doi:10.1117/12.60382

15 June 1992 Ferroelectric liquid crystals possessing a novel fluorinated chiral moiety

Toshihiro Hirai, Atsushi Yoshizawa, Nobuyuki Shiratori, Akihisa Yokoyama, Christopher Sherman, Laura A. Pagano-Stauffer, Rohini T. Vohra, Michael D. Wand

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Proceedings Volume 1665, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60382
Event: SPIE/IS&T 1992 Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1992, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We prepared ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) possessing a newly designed chiral part, 2- fluoro-2-methylalkanoyloxy group. The new chiral moiety was derived from the corresponding chiral epoxides biologically produced. Physical properties of the FLCs with the new chiral moiety were compared to those having another fluorinated chiral moieties. The 2-fluoro-2- methylalkanoyloxy group greatly contributes to producing a large spontaneous polarization (Ps). Effects of core structures in the FLC molecules were also investigated. A prymidine ring in the core part extremely enhances the Ps value. In order to prepare a practical FLC mixture, the novel chiral compound with the large Ps was doped in a base mixture having a wide temperature range of smectic C phase. The mixture exhibits a fast optoelectrical switching time and an appropriate tilt angle. Its performance in a multiplexing device was also investigated.

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Toshihiro Hirai, Atsushi Yoshizawa, Nobuyuki Shiratori, Akihisa Yokoyama, Christopher Sherman, Laura A. Pagano-Stauffer, Rohini T. Vohra, and Michael D. Wand "Ferroelectric liquid crystals possessing a novel fluorinated chiral moiety", Proc. SPIE 1665, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications, (15 June 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60382

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