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Polyhedral liquid crystal silsesquioxanes
Author(s) -
Mehl Georg H.,
Saez Isabel M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0739(199904)13:4<261::aid-aoc839>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - mesogen , silsesquioxane , chemistry , dispersity , side chain , liquid crystal , solid state , phase (matter) , liquid crystalline , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , polymer , optics , physics , engineering
Synthetic routes towards monodisperse polyhedral liquid‐crystalline silsesquioxanes are described. The liquid‐crystalline phase behaviour of these structurally uniform materials, with various silsesquioxane core and mesogenic side‐chain structures, were analysed and compared with those of related oligomeric and polymeric materials. Common features of the solid‐state behaviour of these organic/inorganic hybrids, which form self‐organized structures in their soft‐matter states, were identified. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.