Mn. Pivnenko et al., New chiral ether derivatives of 2-arylidene-p-menthane-3-ones as components of induced ferroelectric systems, MOLEC CRYST, 364, 2001, pp. 557-565
New 2-arylidene-p-menthane-3-ones containing the ether bridging group in th
e arylidene fragment have been synthesized and studied as chiral dopants in
ferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures. The ferroelectric properties of the
se compositions were compared with those for compositions including chiral
dopants that do not contain any bridging group. The influence of bridging g
roup and terminal alkyl substituent length in the dopant molecule on the fe
rroelectric parameters of systems studied is discussed.