A Novel Application of the Molecular Recognition Paradigm: Design of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

David M. Walba; Noel A. Clark; Homaune A. Razavi; Kirk F. Eidman; R. Curtis Haltiwanger; Devendra S. Parmar

doi:10.1117/12.976408

25 July 1989 A Novel Application of the Molecular Recognition Paradigm: Design of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

David M. Walba, Noel A. Clark, Homaune A. Razavi, Kirk F. Eidman, R. Curtis Haltiwanger, Devendra S. Parmar

Proceedings Volume 1080, Liquid Crystal Chemistry, Physics, and Applications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976408
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The speed of electro-optic switching in the surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal (SSFLC) cell is dependent upon the polarization density and orientational viscosity of the FLC material. These properties are, of course, related to the chemical structure of the FLC components. In an effort to design new, high performance FLC materials in a directed way, we have developed a stereochemical model for the molecular origins of the polarization based upon the concept that the polarization is a manifestation of a novel form of molecular recognition occurring in the FLC phase.1 Recent results of work aimed at testing this model will be described. Specifically, a novel series of chiral fluorinated FLC components have been prepared and characterized with respect to polarization, viscosity and electro-optic response. Comparison of the properties of diastereomeric materials provides experimental evidence for the details of orientation of organic functional groups occurring in the FLC phase.

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David M. Walba, Noel A. Clark, Homaune A. Razavi, Kirk F. Eidman, R. Curtis Haltiwanger, and Devendra S. Parmar "A Novel Application of the Molecular Recognition Paradigm: Design of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals", Proc. SPIE 1080, Liquid Crystal Chemistry, Physics, and Applications, (25 July 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976408

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