Abstract
A series of novel chiral amphiphilic liquid crystals that contain β-d-galactopyranoside end-group and 4-[Citation1,Citation2,Citation3]-triazolephenyl 4-alkoxybenzoate mesogens were synthesised. Their phase transitions and mesomorphic properties were characterised by polarising optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. All compounds obtained exhibit a chiral smectic A phase. In addition, the self-assembling behaviour in the solution of these liquid crystal amphiphiles that exhibited high segregation strength for phase separation was studied by electron microscopy. The morphological transformation of self-assembled chiral amphiphilic liquid crystals, from a platelet-like morphology to helical twists, was obtained by increasing the length of the hydrophobic alkyl tail.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the final support from National Science Council, Taiwan, Republic of China.