Ternary Liquid-Crystalline Mixture Showing Broad Antiferroelectric Smectic CA* and Glassy Hexatic Smectic XA* Phases.
4 affiliations
- 1Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences , Radzikowskiego 152, KrakówPL-31342, Poland.
- 2Institute of Chemistry, Military University of Technology, Kaliskiego 2, WarsawPL-00908, Poland.
- 3Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, KrakówPL-30387, Poland.
- 4Research Center for Thermal and Entropic Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka560-0043, Japan.
Abstract
A ternary liquid crystalline mixture was designed to obtain a tilted hexatic smectic phase in the glassy state. Structural, electro-optic, and dielectric properties of the mixture are investigated, and selected measurements are also performed for its pure components. In particular, the electron density profile perpendicular to smectic layers is determined from the X-ray diffraction data and compared to the results of density functional theory calculations both for the mixture and pure components. Comparison of the experimental smectic layer spacing and tilt angle in the mixture allows us to assess whether molecular dimerization is likely to occur. On the mesoscopic scale, the helical pitch is determined in the SmCA* phase of the mixture, and selective reflection of light is observed under a polarizing microscope in the SmC*, SmCA*, and SmXA* phases. The glass transition in the SmXA* phase is observed in calorimetric results. At the same time, the dielectric spectra do not directly reveal the primary α-process, although the secondary β- and γ-processes are detected. Overall, the results show that the ternary mixture stabilizes a broad SmCA* phase and enables vitrification of the hexatic SmXA* phase, while the structural data suggest a change in the molecular organization between the SmC* and SmCA* phases.
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BibTeX
@article{deptuch2026ternary,
title = {{Ternary Liquid-Crystalline Mixture Showing Broad Antiferroelectric Smectic CA* and Glassy Hexatic Smectic XA* Phases.}},
author = {Aleksandra Deptuch and Anna Drzewicz and Marcin Piwowarczyk and Michał Czerwiński and Mateusz Filipow and Mateusz Pączek and Ewa Juszyńska-Gałązka},
journal = {The journal of physical chemistry. B},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcb.6c02873},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42915346},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Ternary Liquid-Crystalline Mixture Showing Broad Antiferroelectric Smectic CA* and Glassy Hexatic Smectic XA* Phases.
AU - Aleksandra Deptuch
AU - Anna Drzewicz
AU - Marcin Piwowarczyk
AU - Michał Czerwiński
AU - Mateusz Filipow
AU - Mateusz Pączek
AU - Ewa Juszyńska-Gałązka
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/01
JO - The journal of physical chemistry. B
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6c02873
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42915346
AB - A ternary liquid crystalline mixture was designed to obtain a tilted hexatic smectic phase in the glassy state. Structural, electro-optic, and dielectric properties of the mixture are investigated, and selected measurements are also performed for its pure components. In particular, the electron density profile perpendicular to smectic layers is determined from the X-ray diffraction data and compared to the results of density functional theory calculations both for the mixture and pure components. Comparison of the experimental smectic layer spacing and tilt angle in the mixture allows us to assess whether molecular dimerization is likely to occur. On the mesoscopic scale, the helical pitch is determined in the SmCA* phase of the mixture, and selective reflection of light is observed under a polarizing microscope in the SmC*, SmCA*, and SmXA* phases. The glass transition in the SmXA* phase is observed in calorimetric results. At the same time, the dielectric spectra do not directly reveal the primary α-process, although the secondary β- and γ-processes are detected. Overall, the results show that the ternary mixture stabilizes a broad SmCA* phase and enables vitrification of the hexatic SmXA* phase, while the structural data suggest a change in the molecular organization between the SmC* and SmCA* phases.
SN - 1520-6106
SN - 1520-5207
ER -