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Controlling spontaneous chirality in achiral materials: liquid crystal oligomers and the heliconical twist-bend nematic phase

Magdalena Majewska, Ewan Forsyth, Damian Pociecha, C. Wang, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Ewa Górecka

Chemical Communications · 2022 · 34 citations · 29 references

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Liquid crystal oligomers, namely dimers, trimers and tetramers, consisting of cyanobiphenyl and benzylideneaniline-based mesogenic units connected by either linear or bent alkoxy or alkyl spacers are reported.

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