A model for the induction of a cholesteric mesophase in nematic MBBA by the addition of optically active 1-phenylethanol

✍ Scribed by G. Gottarelli; B. Samorǐ; C. Stremmenos

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 380 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(76)85085-3

✦ Synopsis

Solutions of (-)Sa-phenylethanol and benzyl alcohol in MBBA have been studied by IR and CD spectroscopy. From the data, a possible mechanism is deduced by which (-)Sa-phenylethanoi and analogous derivatives induce a right handed cholesteric mesophase in MBBX.