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We have synthesized a new banana-shaped compound, having naphthalene as a center of molecule. This compound exhibited an unconventional smectic texture by optical microscopy where the growth of small-fractal domains was observed. Moreover, two different chiral domains were found to form in the smectic phase as well as in the Smblue phase which can be considered to possess a helical structure. The details will be discussed.
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