Title:	On some liquid crystals made of banana-shaped molecules and their mixtures with rod-like molecules
Authors:	Madhusudana, N.V.
Keywords:	bent-core molecules mixtures of bent-core and rod-like molecules induced phases
Issue Date:	Nov-2009
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Citation:	Liquid Crystals, 2009, Vol.36, p1173
Abstract:	Soft matter results from relatively weak interparticle interactions. Liquid crystals exhibit the largest variety of soft matter, and have fascinating physical properties and technological applications. de Gennes showed that the seemingly complex properties are often amenable to phenomenological descriptions, based on the underlying macroscopic symmetry of the medium. The latter ultimately depends on subtle intermolecular interactions, as exemplified by the discoveries of new types of liquid crystals made of banana-shaped (or bent-core (BC)) molecules. In this article, we review some aspects of these liquid crystals, with an emphasis on our own contributions. These include a simplified theoretical description of the most frequently observed B6-B1-B2 sequence of phases in homologous series of compounds with BC molecules, experimental studies on induced phases in mixtures of compounds with BC and rod-like molecules and on some novel properties exhibited in the nematic phase of such mixtures.
Description:	Restricted Access.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3928
ISSN:	1366-5855 (Online) 0267-8292
Alternative Location:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678290903034100
Copyright:	2009 Taylor & Francis
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (SCM)

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