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    Oikawa, Ryuji; Sasaki, Haruna; Takanishi, Yoichi; Sagisaka, Masanobu; Yamamoto, Jun; Yoshizawa, Atsushi

    04/2019, Volume: 15, Issue: 15
    Journal Article

    We prepared a homologous series of achiral liquid crystal trimers ( I- n ) in which two phenylpyrimidine units and one biphenyl unit were connected via flexible spacers, and investigated the physical properties. All the trimers possessing odd-numbered methylene spacers exhibited soft crystalline chiral conglomerate phases. X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that they have an intercalated layer structure. On the other hand, the trimers possessing even-numbered spacers showed nematic and smectic C phases. We investigated the surface structures of odd-membered trimers in the soft crystalline phases using scanning electron microscopy. Trimers I-3 and I-5 were found to form cylindrical tubes, whereas trimers I-7 , I-9 and I-11 toroidal pits. We discuss the formation of diverse supramolecular architectures in terms of the anisotropy of the chirality transfer. Achiral linear trimers possessing odd-numbered spacers exhibited soft crystalline chiral conglomerate phases. The trimers with shorter spacers were found to form cylindrical tubes, whereas those with longer spacers toroidal pits.