Nematic phases driven by hydrogen-bonding in liquid crystalline nonsymmetric dimers

References

• Kato T, Fréchet JMJ. A new approach to mesophase stabilization through hydrogen bonding molecular interactions in binary mixtures. J Am Chem Soc. 1989;111:8533–8534.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wallage MJ, Imrie CT. Supramolecular dimeric liquid crystals. The liquid crystalline behaviour of mixtures of alpha-(4-pyridyloxy)-omega- 4-(4-butylphenylazo)phenoxy alkanes and 4-octyloxybenzoic acid. J Mater Chem. 1997;7:1163–1167.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Friot B, Boyd D, Willis K, et al. Hydrogen-bonded polycatenar mesogens. Liq Cryst. 2000;27:605–611.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Paleos CM, Tsiourvas D. Supramolecular hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals. Liq Cryst. 2001;28:1127–1161.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kato T, Kamikawa Y. Handbook of liquid crystals. In: Goodby JW, Collings PJ, Kato T, et al., Eds.. Vol. 5. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH; 2014. p. 513–540.
   Google Scholar
• Alaasar M, Tschierske C, Prehm M. Hydrogen-bonded supramolecular complexes formed between isophthalic acid and pyridine-based derivatives. Liq Cryst. 2011;38:925–934.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jansze SM, Martínez‐Felipe A, Storey J, et al. A twist‐bend nematic phase driven by hydrogen bonding. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2015;54:643–646.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Walker R, Pociecha D, Abberley JP, et al. Spontaneous chirality through mixing achiral components: a twist-bend nematic phase driven by hydrogen-bonding between unlike components. Chem Comm. 2018;54:3383–3386.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alaasar M, Poppe S, Dong Q, et al. Mirror symmetry breaking in cubic phases and isotropic liquids driven by hydrogen bonding. Chem Comm. 2016;52:13869–13872.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martinez-Felipe A, Imrie CT. The role of hydrogen bonding in the phase behaviour of supramolecular liquid crystal dimers. J Mol Stru. 2015;1100:429–437.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martinez-Felipe A, Cook AG, Abberley JP, et al. An FT-IR spectroscopic study of the role of hydrogen bonding in the formation of liquid crystallinity for mixtures containing bipyridines and 4-pentoxybenzoic acid. RSC Adv. 2016;6:108164–108179.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Paterson DA, Martinez-Felipe A, Jansze SM, et al. New insights into the liquid crystal behaviour of hydrogen-bonded mixtures provided by temperature-dependent FTIR spectroscopy. Liq Cryst. 2015;42:928–939.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Imrie CT, Henderson PA. Liquid crystal dimers and higher oligomers: between monomers and polymers. Chem Soc Rev. 2007;36:2096–2124.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Imrie CT, Henderson PA, Yeap G-Y. Liquid crystal oligomers: going beyond dimers. Liq Cryst. 2009;36:755–777.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bandarab HMD, Burdette SC. Photoisomerization in different classes of azobenzene. Chem Soc Rev. 2012;41:1809–1825.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alaasar M. Azobenzene-containing bent-core liquid crystals: an overview. Liq Cryst. 2016;43:2208–2243.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alaasar M, Prehm M, Nagaraj M, et al. A liquid crystalline phase with uniform tilt, local polar order and capability of symmetry breaking. Adv Mater. 2013;25:2186–2191.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alaasar M, Poppe S, Dong Q, et al. Isothermal chirality switching in liquid-crystalline azobenzene compounds with non-polarized light. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2017;56:10801–10805.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alaasar M, Prehm M, Tschierske C. Influence of halogen substituent on the mesomorphic properties of five-ring banana shaped molecules with azobenzene wings. Liq Cryst. 2013;40:656–668.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Paterson DA, Xiang J, Singh G, et al. Reversible isothermal twist-bend nematic-nematic phase transition driven by the photoisomerization of an azobenzene-based nonsymmetric liquid crystal dimer. J Am Chem Soc. 2016;138:5283–5289.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zaremba M, Siksnys V. Molecular scissors under light control. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2010;107:1259–1260.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee KM, White TJ. Photomechanical response of composite structures built from azobenzene liquid crystal polymer networks. Polymers. 2011;3:1447–1457.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Garcia-Amorós J, Reig M, Castro MCR, et al. Molecular photo-oscillators based on highly accelerated heterocyclic azo dyes in nematic liquid crystals. Chem Commun. 2014;50:6704–6706.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fehrentz T, Schönberger M, Trauner D. Optochemical genetics. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2011;50:12156–12182.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen Y, Yu H, Quan M, et al. Photothermal effect of azopyridine compounds and their applications. RSC Adv. 2015;5:4675–4680.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Garcia-Amorós J, Reig M, Cuadrado A, et al. A photoswitchable bis-azo derivative with a high temporal resolution. Chem Commun. 2014;50:11462–11464.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen Y, Yu H, Zhang L, et al. Photoresponsive liquid crystals based on halogen bonding of azopyridines. Chem Commun. 2014;50:9647–9649.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pfletscher M, Wölper C, Gutmann JS, et al. A modular approach towards functional supramolecular aggregates - subtle structural differences inducing liquid crystallinity. Chem Commun. 2016;52:8549–8552.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Naoum M, Fahmi A, Alaasar M. Supramolecular hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals formed from 4-(4′-pyridylazophenyl)-4″-alkoxybenzoates and 4-substituted benzoic acids. Mol Cryst Liq Cryst. 2008;487:74–91.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alaasar M, Tschierske C. Non-symmetric ether-linked liquid crystalline dimers with a highly polar end group. Liq Cryst. 2017;44:387–393.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mandle RJ, Davis EJ, Voll -C-CA, et al. The relationship between molecular structure and the incidence of the NTB phase. Liq Cryst. 2015;42:688–703.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mandle RJ. The dependency of twist-bend nematic liquid crystals on molecular structure: a progression from dimers to trimers, oligomers and polymers. Soft Matter. 2016;12:7883–7901.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar