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4′-Heptyl-4-biphenylcarbonitrile

98%

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)6C6H4C6H4CN
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
277.40
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

98%

form

liquid crystal

SMILES string

CCCCCCCc1ccc(cc1)-c2ccc(cc2)C#N

InChI

1S/C20H23N/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-17-8-12-19(13-9-17)20-14-10-18(16-21)11-15-20/h8-15H,2-7H2,1H3

InChI key

ZGOWXOZNUNZPAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

4′-Heptyl-4-biphenylcarbonitrile (7CB) belongs to the family of thermotropic liquid crystals from the CB family. Crystal transition temperature of 7CB is 15oC and it melts at 36oC. 1

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 4

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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A S Bhadwal et al.
Soft matter, 16(12), 2961-2970 (2020-03-03)
We demonstrate electrically controlled linear translation and precision positioning of a colloidal particle in a soft matter device. The basis of transportation is the time dependent electric field reconfiguration and manipulation of a topological line defect between two distinct hybrid

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