Novel ferrocene-based chiral Schiff’s base derivative with a twist-grain boundary phase (TGBA) and a blue phase

Abstract

Synthesis of a monosubstituted ferrocene-based chiral Schiff’s base derivative with unusual mesomorphic behavior is reported namely the first metallomesogen which exhibits TGBA and blue phases apart from S_C*, S_A and N* phase transformations.

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