For a series of novel hydroxy anilino squaraines (SQ), separated via short flexible spacers from bulky dendrons, hexagonal columnar (Colhex) liquid-crystalline (LC) phase behavior is detected. The optical properties of these SQ systems, designed for melting below 80 °C, very low for SQ systems, are found to be deter...

https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/advs.202416249

In this work, we report the relationship between helical pitch of the helical nanofilament (HNF) phase formed by bent-core molecule NOBOW and the concentration of achiral dopants 5CB and octane, using linearly polarized resonant soft X-ray scattering (RSoXS). Utilizing theory-based simulation, which fits well with t...

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01525