117694-81-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Nematic 2,5-disubstituted thiophenes
Campbell, Neil L.,Duffy, Warren L.,Thomas, Gareth I.,Wild, Janine H.,Kelly, Stephen M.,Bartle, Kevin,O'Neill, Mary,Minter, Vicky,Tuffin, Rachel P.
, p. 2706 - 2721 (2002)
A large number of new liquid crystals incorporating the 2,5-disubstituted thiophene ring have been prepared and their mesomorphic behaviour studied in order to systematically investigate the correlation between the molecular structure and mesomorphism of thiophene derivatives with different shapes, polarisability and polarity. As a consequence of these investigations we have prepared a new class of liquid crystals incorporating a 2,5-disubstituted thiophene ring and a conjugated trans-carbon-carbon double bond in the terminal chain. These novel thiophene derivatives are the first liquid crystals incorporating a 2,5-disubstituted thiophene ring to exhibit a nematic phase at room temperature. This enables the flexoelectric coefficients of a bent-shaped molecule to be measured directly and at room temperature for the first time to the authors' knowledge. Many of these new thiophenes exhibit a high birefringence and a high nematic clearing point and are of potential use as components of nematic mixtures in LCDs.
Nematic thiophenes for STN-LCDS and flexoelectric LCDS
Bartle, Kevin,Campbell, Neil,Duffy, Warren L.,Kelly, Stephen M.,Minter, Vicki,O'Neill, Mary,Tuffin, Rachel P.
, p. 881 - 888 (2007/10/03)
We report anew class of liquid crystals incorporating a 2,5-disubstituted thiophene ring and one or two conjugated trans-carbon-carbon double bonds in the terminal chain for use as components of nematic mixtures for TN-LCDs and STN-LCDs. The combination of these molecular elements contribute towards generating a high birefringence, a high nematic clearing point as well as a low viscosity for these materials. Several of these compounds exhibit a melting point below room temperature. This is the first time a room temperature nematic phase has been reported for phenyl thiophene derivatives. The new thiophene compounds can be used to induce a high birefringence in nematic mixtures for LCDs with short response times.
