An Unusual Endothermic Transition to an Optically Isotropic Phase Organized by Chiral Molecular Recognition

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A novel chiral liquid crystal was found to exhibit an endothermic transition upon cooling from a chiral smectic C phase to an optically isotropic phase. C-13 NMR and X-ray diffraction indicate that the isotropic phase has a layered structure in which fast isotropic reorientation of molecules or molecular assemblies occurs. We suggest that molecular aggregation via chiral recognition breaks anisotropic molecular ordering, which leads to a novel phase structure.
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1998-08-01