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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
卷 21, 期 33, 页码 12303-12308出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1jm12233a
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- School of Chemistry at the University of Southampton
Using a molecular field theory with atomistic modelling, we provide a complete description of the elastic and flexoelectric properties of the nematic phase formed by liquid crystal dimers which, depending on the parity of the number of atoms in the spacer, have either a bent (odd) or a straight (even) average shape. We can then estimate the flexoelastic ratio and make a direct comparison with the outcome of flexoelectro-optic measurements. Our results demonstrate the extreme sensitivity of the bend elasticity and flexoelectricity to the molecular structure, with dramatic differences between even and odd dimers. An unusually low bend elastic constant is predicted for the latter; we discuss the implications of this result for the high flexoelastic response and the existence of Blue Phases stable over a wide temperature range, which were both recently claimed for odd liquid crystal dimers.
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