Naphthylethyne based liquid crystals with high birefringence and characteristics of selective reflection

Yu-Zhen Zhao Dong Wang Ze-Min He Gang Chen Lan-Ying Zhang Hai-Quan Zhang Huai Yang

Citation:  Yu-Zhen Zhao, Dong Wang, Ze-Min He, Gang Chen, Lan-Ying Zhang, Hai-Quan Zhang, Huai Yang. Naphthylethyne based liquid crystals with high birefringence and characteristics of selective reflection[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2015, 26(6): 785-789. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.03.023 shu

Naphthylethyne based liquid crystals with high birefringence and characteristics of selective reflection

    通讯作者: Hai-Quan Zhang,
    Huai Yang,
  • 基金项目:

    Technology (No. 2013DFB50340) (No. 2013DFB50340)

    the National Science Foundation of China (No. 51173155) (No. 51173155)

    the Major Project of Beijing Science & Technology Program (No. Z121100006512002) (No. Z121100006512002)

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51103010) (No. 51103010)

    the Doctoral Fund of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 20120001130005). (No. 20120001130005)

摘要: A series of high birefringence liquid crystalline molecules with cyano, isothiocyanato and trifluoromethyl terminal compounds based on naphthylethyne core was successfully synthesized and characterized. The molecular structures of the intermediates and resulting compounds were confirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry (MS), and elemental analysis (EA). Their thermal stability, transition temperatures, and phase sequences were investigated by simultaneous thermal analyzer polarized (STA), optical microscopy (POM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The birefringence was measured by using an Abbe refractometer. In addition, the selective reflection characteristics with naphthylethyne compounds were also studied.

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