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Controlling spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking in cubic liquid crystalline phases by the cycloaliphatic ring size†
Tino Reppe,Christian Dressel,Silvio Poppe,Carsten Tschierske
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 12/10/2019 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C9CC09206D
Abstract

Rod-like molecules combining a fork-like triple chain end and a cycloaliphatic apex are introduced as a new design concept for materials with broad ranges of bicontinuous cubic (Cubbi) phases. By ring expansion from n = 4 to 12 a sequence of three Cubbi phases is observed; the achiral double gyroid la[3 with combining macron]d phase, a chiral “Im3m” phase and an achiral re-entrant la[3 with combining macron]d phase. The chiral “Im3m” phase is formed if the helical twist between the molecules along the networks is in the range of 8.6°–9.5°, either for the individual compounds or their mixtures.

Graphical abstract: Controlling spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking in cubic liquid crystalline phases by the cycloaliphatic ring size
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