The Role of Functional Groups in Substituted Benzoic Acids Used as Dopants in Liquid Crystal Mixtures on the Nematic–Isotropic Transitions

María Celina Mora; Brenes; Cristopher Camacho; Erick Castellón

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.6c01531

July 1, 2026The Journal of Physical Chemistry BOpen Access

The Role of Functional Groups in Substituted Benzoic Acids Used as Dopants in Liquid Crystal Mixtures on the Nematic–Isotropic Transitions

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Key Points

The research aims to understand how different functional groups in substituted benzoic acids influence the nematic-isotropic transition in liquid crystal mixtures.
Examined various substituted benzoic acids with specific functional groups as dopants.
Investigated their effects on the transition temperatures in liquid crystal mixtures.
Analyzed temperature increments with minor concentrations of dopants.
Increments in the nematic-isotropic transition temperature up to 12 K were observed.
Dopants demonstrated extraordinary order-enhancing power at low concentrations.

Implication

Experimental evaluation shows dopants enhance nematic-isotropic transition temperature in liquid crystals, indicating significant effects.

Abstract

-methylaminobenzoic acid, exhibit extraordinary order-enhancing power, yielding increments of the nematic-isotropic transition temperature up to 12 K with minor concentration of the dopants.

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Mora et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a47540e5c29257aa2579e84 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6c01531

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The Role of Functional Groups in Substituted Benzoic Acids Used as Dopants in Liquid Crystal Mixtures on the Nematic–Isotropic Transitions

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The Role of Functional Groups in Substituted Benzoic Acids Used as Dopants in Liquid Crystal Mixtures on the Nematic–Isotropic Transitions

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