THE CRYSTAL-K PHASE OF 4,4'-DI-(2-METHOXYETHOXY)BIPHENYL

Authors
BOWDEN CJ HERRINGTON TM MOSELEY AM RICHARDSON R
Citation
Cj. Bowden et al., THE CRYSTAL-K PHASE OF 4,4'-DI-(2-METHOXYETHOXY)BIPHENYL, Liquid crystals, 18(6), 1995, pp. 825-828
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Liquid crystals → ACNP
ISSN journal
02678292
Volume
18
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
825 - 828
Database
ISI
SICI code
0267-8292(1995)18:6<825:TCPO4>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
This work was carried out as part of a project to find novel thermotro pic low temperature liquid crystals [1]. The biphenyl based material w as chosen so as to confirm or deny the widely held belief that additio n of a second oxygen in a terminal chain destabilizes the mesophase. T he results were unexpected as they yielded the first recorded incidenc e of the formation of the crystal K phase directly on cooling from the isotropic melt.