Abstract
ABSTRACT Antiferroelectricity is a desirable property of liquid crystalline materials. Therefore, we synthesised and studied two new chiral rod-like mesogens with a molecular core based on two biphenyls connected via ester linkage, with the phenyl substituted by a fluorine atom. The studied mesogens are characterised by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry analysis. They have methyl heptyl in the chiral chain and exhibit an antiferroelectric phase in a very broad temperature range. We investigated their mesomorphic properties and confirmed the phase identification by differential scanning calorimetry and broad-frequency dielectric spectroscopy measurements. Additionally, we compared the studied mesogens with previously synthesised analogous materials. Two mixtures were formulated using a base mixture and new mesogens. The helical pitch of the synthesised mesogens and formulated mixtures was estimated using the selective reflection method.
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