Design of potentially photorefractive liquid crystalline materials: Derivatives of 3,6-disubstituted carbazole

Maura Belloni, Benson Kariuki, Mayandithevar Manickam, John Wilkie, Jon Preece

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Abstract

The incorporation of photorefractive molecular units, such as carbazole, into anisotropic materials (liquid crystals) may offer many advantages over conventional electrical poling of photorefractive polymers. Thus, a series of symmetric 3,6-disubstituted carbazole derivatives with a bent molecular shape have been synthesized and characterized. The influence of the nature of the symmetric substituents on the carbazole is investigated through comparison of crystal packing and electrostatic potentials.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1443-1450
Number of pages8
JournalCrystal Growth and Design
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jul 2005

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