主催: 応用物理学会, 高分子学会, 日本化学会 液晶討論会世話人会
会議名: 第23回 液晶討論会
回次: 23
開催地: 東京工業大学
開催日: 1997/09/25 - 1997/09/27
We report here that a novel dichiral liquid crystal on cooling exhibits a new optically isotropic phase along with an endothermic transition enthalpy. This anomalous phenomenon was found to occur in 2-[4-[(R)-2-fluorohexyloxy]phenyl]-5-[4-[(S)-2-fluoro-2-methyldecanoyloxy]phenyl]pyrimidine (RSFPPY). In contrast, the diastereomer of RSFPPY, 2-[4-[(S)-2-fluorohexyloxy]phenyl]-5-[4-[(S)-2-fluoro-2-methyldecanoyloxy]phenyl]pyrimidine (SSFPPY) did not show the unusual transition. The effect of chirality on the transition behavior is discussed.