Simplified Scheme for Deterministic Synthesis of Chiral-Nematic Glassy Liquid Crystals
Potentially useful for the fabrication of nonabsorbing polarizers, optical notch filters and reflectors, and polarized light sources, chiral-nematic glassy liquid crystals can be synthesized by a statistical or deterministic approach. A deterministic approach is characterized by the relative ease of product separation and purification and hence is more amenable to process scale-up. Prompted to minimize the effort involving protection adn deprotection of functional groups, the present work has demonstrated the feasibility of reducing the number of synthesis steps from a previous synthesis scheme. The new methodology is widely applicable to the synthesis of a variety of right- and left-handed chiral-nematic glassy liquid crystals with desired phase transition temperatures.
- Research Organization:
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC52-92SF19460
- OSTI ID:
- 886729
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SF/19460-688; IECRED; 1649; 2005-166; TRN: US200721%%660
- Journal Information:
- Industrial adn Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 45; ISSN 0888-5885
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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