@article{
author = "Trišović, Nemanja and Antanasijević, Jelena and Toth-Katona, Tibor and Kohout, Michal and Salamonczyk, Miroslaw and Sprunt, Samuel and Jakli, Antal and Fodor-Csorba, Katalin",
year = "2015",
abstract = "A new series of azo-containing bent-core liquid crystals derived from 3-hydroxybenzoic acid has been synthesized. Their mesomorphic properties have been characterized by polarizing optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, small-angle X-ray diffraction and electro-optic studies. Almost all the compounds form an enantiotropic modulated smectic (B-7 type) phase over relatively broad temperature ranges. Structural modifications, such as the type and length of the terminal chains, the rigidity of wings, and the presence of a Cl-substituent in different positions of the bent core, affect the appearance and temperature range, but not the type of the mesophase of the investigated compounds. Light-induced changes in the texture and phase transition of the mesophase, attributed to the decrease of the order parameter due to trans-cis isomerization, have also been observed.",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
journal = "RSC Advances",
title = "Azo-containing asymmetric bent-core liquid crystals with modulated smectic phases",
pages = "64891-64886",
number = "80",
volume = "5",
doi = "10.1039/c5ra09764a"
}