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Chemical and physical aspects of recent bent-shaped liquid crystals exhibiting chiral and achiral mesophases

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Pages 1078-1146 | Received 17 Sep 2021, Published online: 14 Mar 2022
 

ABSTRACT

Bent-core liquid crystals (BLCs) are a class of thermotropic LCs that exhibit chiral and polar superstructures in achiral molecules. Progress in design and synthesis of novel bent-core architectures in search of unconventional properties enriched the field of BLCs. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the recent bent-shaped LCs, discuss relevant simulation and theoretical models, which draws a comparison to experimental results, survey the advances in the molecular design and structure-property correlation, and predict the future directions from chemical and physical perspectives. This review article is dedicated in commemoration of Prof. B K Sadashiva, a pioneer chemist who made a notable contribution to the field of bent-core liquid crystals.

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Acknowledgments

SK, VP, NY and AB thank IISER Mohali for fellowship. AB acknowledges UGC-CSIR for fellowship. SD and SKP acknowledge financial support from SERB Project CRG/2019/000425 and CRG/2019/000901/OC, respectively.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board [CRG/2019/000425,CRG/2019/000901/OC].

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