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Liquid‐Crystalline, Substituted Octakis‐(dimethylsiloxy)octasilsesquioxanes: Oligomeric Supermolecular Materials with Defined Topology
Author(s) -
Mehl Georg H.,
Goodby John W.
Publication year - 1996
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.199626411
Subject(s) - cuboid , polymer , materials science , liquid crystal , structuring , topology (electrical circuits) , soft matter , side chain , crystallography , chemical engineering , polymer science , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , geometry , colloid , optoelectronics , mathematics , finance , combinatorics , engineering , economics
Cuboid silsesquioxanes with appropriate side chains (see below; n = 4, 6, 11) provide a means of structuring soft matter with inorganic cores. These compounds combine material characteristics of polymer and low molecular mass liquid crystals.