Extraordinary Doping Effects of Chiral Helical Linear Tetrapyrrole–Zn(II) Complexes on Chiral Nematic Induction of MBBA Liquid Crystal
- 24 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 34 (10), 1454-1455
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.2005.1454
Abstract
The nematic liquid crystalline phase of N-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-n-butylaniline (MBBA) was effectively transformed into the chiral nematic phase upon addition of zinc(II) complexes of the linear tetrapyrrole bearing chiral auxiliaries at the helix terminal.Keywords
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