An overview on the recent developments in the field of liquid crystalline bent-core molecules
(so-called banana liquid crystals) is given. After some basic issues, dealing with general …

This article gives an overview of recent progress in the design of novel materials, capable of
forming liquid crystalline phases with non-conventional mesophase morphologies. The …

In this paper we present selected members of 7 new series of bent-shaped five-ring
resorcinol derivatives which are distinguished by substituents at the central core as well as …

Bent-core liquid crystals (BLCs) are a class of thermotropic LCs that exhibit chiral and polar
superstructures in achiral molecules. Progress in design and synthesis of novel bent-core …

Several compounds belonging to three new series of five-ring banana-shaped esters, which
are unsymmetrically substituted with respect to the central phenyl ring, have been …

The synthesis and characterization of five homologous series of symmetrical compounds
composed of banana-shaped molecules containing a biphenyl moiety are reported. All …

Three new series of bent-shaped five-ring liquid crystals, based on the ester of isophthalic
acid as the central core and azomethine linkages, are presented. They differ by the number …

New ester-type banana (bent-shaped) monomers, 1, 3-phenylene bis [4′-(alken-1-yloxy)-
biphenyl-4-carboxylate] s Ia–Vb, with different substituent (s) on the central phenyl ring (H …

We present the results of our extensive investigations into the phase behavior of several
“robust” five-ring banana-shaped compounds. Six homologous series of either symmetric or …

A new series of liquid-crystalline bent-core molecules comprising a central 3, 4 '-
disubstituted biphenyl unit (biphenyl 3, 4 '-bis-4-[4-dodecyl (oxy) benzoyloxy] benzoates) at …