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Cover Picture: Intercalated Smectic A Phases in Banana‐Shaped Liquid Crystals with Carbonate End Groups (ChemPhysChem 10/2006)
Author(s) -
FodorCsorba Katalin,
Jákli Antal,
Vajda Anikó,
Prasad S. Krishna,
Shankar Rao Doddamane S.,
Dong Ronald Y.,
Xu Jiadi,
Galli Giancarlo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200690032
Subject(s) - birefringence , bent molecular geometry , electric field , texture (cosmology) , materials science , liquid crystal , cover (algebra) , chemical physics , crystallography , phase (matter) , condensed matter physics , core (optical fiber) , molecule , optics , optoelectronics , chemistry , composite material , physics , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , image (mathematics) , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering
The cover picture shows bent‐core liquid crystals forming an intercalated smectic A (SmAint) phase, which has high birefringence and is switchable due to electric field‐induced biaxiality. The left half of the picture shows the texture and the corresponding schematic arrangement of the molecules in the ground state. The right half shows the texture and the corresponding molecular arrangement in the electrode area, where the molecular planes turn parallel to the electric field. Find out more in the Article by Fodor‐Csorba et al. on page 2184.