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Multiple Levels of Order in Linked Disc–Rod Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Kouwer Paul H. J.,
Mehl Georg H.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200352488
Subject(s) - rod , liquid crystal , order (exchange) , crystallography , liquid crystalline , materials science , content (measure theory) , chemistry , chemical physics , physics , condensed matter physics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , finance , economics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
In a supermolecular system , the sum of properties is more than that of the individual components. The combination of rod and disc shaped groups (see picture) in the right ratio allows the design of a material with nematic and several layered (smectic) phases. Shape‐induced nanophase segregation of rods and discs leads to the formation of distinct sublayers.