Synthesis of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals
Methods of synthesis of the liquid crystals having the rod like form molecules and equipped with alkoxypropionate or alkyllactate chiral ending. Study of influence of the lateral substitution by the groups CH3, OCH3, Cl, Br, or F on the occurrence area of the phase SmC*. Synthesis of the non-chiral liquid crystals composed of the bent-shaped (bent-core, banana shaped) molecules. The synthesis of the photosensitive liquid crystalline materials the molecules of which contain in their mesogenic core a double bond of the stilbene type or an azo group. Study of these materials using NMR spectroscopy.
