An unusual type of polymorphism in a liquid crystal

Lin Li; Mirosław Salamończyk; Sasan Shadpour; Chenhui Zhu; Antal Jákli; Torsten Hegmann

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03160-9

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

An unusual type of polymorphism in a liquid crystal

Lin Li,
Mirosław Salamończyk,
Sasan Shadpour,
Chenhui Zhu,
Antal Jákli,
Torsten Hegmann

Affiliations

Lin Li: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University
Mirosław Salamończyk: Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sasan Shadpour: Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
Chenhui Zhu: Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Antal Jákli: Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
Torsten Hegmann: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03160-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Polymorphism is a property that allows a material to exist in two or more crystal structures. Here the authors observe thermal-induced structural polymorphism in a bent-core liquid crystal compound and show that by choosing the cooling rate, different structures with distinct structural colours are obtained.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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