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Mesogenic Properties of Amphiphilic Liquid Crystals with an Unusual Head‐Group Topology
Author(s) -
Hildebrandt Frank,
Schröter Jörg Andreas,
Tschierske Carsten,
Festag Reinhard,
Kleppinger Ralf,
Wendorff Joachim Heinz
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199516311
Subject(s) - mesogen , amphiphile , liquid crystal , hydrogen bond , group (periodic table) , topology (electrical circuits) , materials science , crystallography , liquid crystalline , chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , copolymer , mathematics , optoelectronics , polymer , combinatorics
The lateral fixing of calamitic mesogens through hydrogen bonding of facial amphiphiles is a novel way of generating smectic materials with a broad mesomorphic region. Compound 1 is an example of this amphiphile and represents a new type of liquid‐crystalline carbohydrate. R = OC 10 H 21 .