The biaxial nematic phase has been rather elusive, nevertheless it has been envisaged that the use of a biaxial nematic phase could result in liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with faster refresh rates and dramatically lower power consumption thereby facilitating the next generation of LCDs with enhanced switching performance and higher multiplexibility at 3D video rates. Moreover, the biaxial nematic phase in itself is of great scientific significance. In this presentation, I will report our effort to induce biaxiality in the nematic phase using bent-core molecular architecture.1Supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, DOE grant DE-SC0001412

Synthesis of bent-core liquid crystals to induce biaxiality in the nematic phase<sup>
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244th National Meeting (2012)

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