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The effect of chain length in terminal groups on the mesomorphic behavior of novel (−)-menthol-based chiral liquid crystal compounds with a blue phase

Cong-Cong Luo, Ying‐Gang Jia, Bingfeng Sun, Fanbao Meng

New Journal of Chemistry · 2017 · 19 citations · 38 references

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In this study, two series of novel chiral liquid crystal compounds derived from (−)-menthol with different lengths of alkyl or alkoxy as terminal groups were successfully synthesized.

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