Fluorinated liquid crystals–properties and applications

M Hird - Chemical society reviews, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review begins with a brief, but essential, introduction to the special nature of
liquid crystal materials, their peculiar properties, and their commercial applications, followed …

Fluoro substitution in thermotropic liquid crystals

M Hird, KJ Toyne - Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science …, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
Fluoro substitution in thermotropic liquid crystals provides a general way of modifying the
properties of a parent system. Melting point, transition temperatures, mesophase types and …

Iron− Phosphine,− Phosphite,− Arsine, and− Carbene Catalysts for the Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with Aryl Grignard Reagents

RB Bedford, M Betham, DW Bruce… - The Journal of …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Simple catalysts formed in situ from iron chloride and a wide range of monodentate and
bidentate phosphines and arsines have been screened in the coupling of alkyl halides …

Palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions in the synthesis of some high polarizability materials

M Hird, KJ Toyne, GW Gray - Liquid Crystals, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
Liquid crystal materials of high optical anisotropy consist of moieties of high electron density
in conjugation with each other along the molecular length. Such structures are conducive to …

The synthesis and transition temperatures of some 4, 4 ″-dialkyl-and 4, 4 ″-alkoxyalkyl-1, 1′: 4′, 1 ″-terphenyls with 2, 3-or 2′, 3′-difluoro substituents and of …

GW Gray, M Hird, D Lacey, KJ Toyne - Journal of the Chemical Society …, 1989 - pubs.rsc.org
The tetrakis (triphenylphosphine) palladium (0)-catalysed coupling of arylboronic acids with
aryl halides is used to prepare several 4, 4 ″-dialkyl-and 4, 4 ″-alkoxyalkyl-1, 1′: 4′, 1 …

Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications

M Hird - Liquid Crystals, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Molecular chirality confers the necessary reduced symmetry to tilted smectic liquid crystals
and disordered crystals to generate ferroelectric properties. By definition, ferroelectrics are …

Molecular complexity and the control of self-organising processes

JW Goodby, IM Saez, SJ Cowling, JS Gasowska… - Liquid …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
In this article we investigate the complexity of the molecular architectures of liquid crystals
based on rod-like mesogens. Starting from simple monomeric systems founded on …

Iron (III) salen-type catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing β-hydrogens

RB Bedford, DW Bruce, RM Frost, JW Goodby… - Chemical …, 2004 - pubs.rsc.org
Iron( iii ) salen-type catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides
bearing β-hydrogens - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B413790F …

Iron nanoparticles in the coupling of alkyl halides with aryl Grignard reagents

RB Bedford, M Betham, DW Bruce, SA Davis… - Chemical …, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Iron nanoparticles, either formed in situ stabilized by 1, 6-bis (diphenylphosphino) hexane or
polyethylene glycol (PEG), or preformed stabilized by PEG, are excellent catalysts for the …

Simple iron-amine catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing β-hydrogens

RB Bedford, DW Bruce, RM Frost, M Hird - Chemical communications, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
Simple iron- amine catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing
β-hydrogens - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B507133J Royal …