- Columnar liquid crystal with a spontaneous polarization along the columnar axis
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A fan-shaped molecule (2), carrying hydrogen-bonding amide groups in proximity to its polar aromatic core, self-assembles into a columnar liquid crystalline mesophase, which unprecedentedly possesses a spontaneous macroscopic polarization along the columnar axis. Due to its polar nature, the mesophase displays a signal of second harmonic generation (SHG), which disappears on phase transition to an isotropic melt and then retrieves its original intensity on subsequent cooling.
- Miyajima, Daigo,Araoka, Fumito,Takezoe, Hideo,Kim, Jungeun,Kato, Kenichi,Takata, Masaki,Aida, Takuzo
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 8530 - 8531
(2010/08/06)
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