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Insight into Out‐of‐Layer Fluctuations in the Smectic A Stability of 3,5‐Diarylisoxazole Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Sales Eric S.,
Santos Gabriel M.,
Mandle Richard J.,
Costa Wallison C.,
Bechtold Ivan H.,
Gonçalves Itamar L.,
EiflerLima Vera L.,
Merlo Aloir A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.202000276
Subject(s) - mesophase , alkyl , hydrogen bond , liquid crystal , intramolecular force , bromine , crystallography , polar , materials science , chemistry , molecule , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , astronomy
Polar‐terminated 3,5‐diarylisoxazole liquid crystals (ILCs) were synthetized and characterized. ILCs are composed by rigid core 3,5‐diarylisoxazol, alkyl chain and polar‐terminated flexible spacer. Hydroxyl‐, ketal‐ and 1,2‐diol‐terminated ILCs rendered smectic C and A mesophase, while bromine‐terminated ILCs showed smectic A and B mesophase, for monosubstituted and linear ILCs. For branched alkyl chain monotropic SmA was detected and for disubstituted ILCs no mesophase was detected. Out‐of‐layer fluctuations (OLFs) are discussed based on X‐ray diffraction date and textures. The OLFs are dependent on the bromine atom hardness, hydrogen bonding through collective actions and conformational effects at the interface between layers. Smectic translational order parameter (TOP) Σ was also obtained for orientated bromine‐ and hydroxyl‐terminated ILCs and related it with OLFs. For 1,2‐diol‐terminated ILCs two SmC sublayers were founded, probably related to the intramolecular hydrogen bond favoring the 5‐membered and 6‐membered formation.