Study of some achiral liquid crystalline ester derivatives

Ferroelectric properties of a perfluoroalkyl substituted two-ring benzoate doped with a chiral additive have been studied and compared with those of w ell-known alkyl substituted benzoate. A study of weakly polar three-ring es ter derivatives has revealed their applicability as the components of ferro electric liquid crystal materials for display applications. The results of this work are discussed in terms of the structure-property relationships.