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Trigonal columnar self-assembly of bent phasmid mesogens.

Huifang ChengYa-Xin LiXiang-Bing ZengHongfei GaoXiaohong ChengGoran Ungar
Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2017)
Three compounds with a bent rod-like aromatic core and with three alkoxy chains at each end were synthesised by click reaction. The compounds form a columnar liquid crystal phase with non-centrosymmetric trigonal p31m symmetry, the columns having a 3-arm star-like cross-section.
Keyphrases
  • liquid chromatography