Formation of smectic phases in binary liquid crystal mixtures with a huge length ratio

• Nadia Kapernaum,
• Friederike Knecht,
• C. Scott Hartley,
• Jeffrey C. Roberts,
• Robert P. Lemieux and
• Frank Giesselmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1118–1125, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.124

• phase of the longer mesogen was identified as a smectic F phase. Keywords: bidispersity; liquid crystals; phase diagrams; smectic phases; smectic F phase; structure and dynamics; Introduction The mixing of different liquid crystals is a common technique to tailor their properties for specific

• smectic F phase. The greater length of PhP16, relative to PhP14, also changes the behavior of the mixtures with 2PhP. In the system PhP16/2PhP, with the greater length difference, the stabilization of the smectic state is less pronounced. This indicates that the stability of the smectic state decreases