Yg. Galyametdinov et al., X-RAY AND MAGNETIC BIREFRINGENCE STUDIES OF SOME LANTHANIDE METALLOMESOGENS WITH SCHIFFS BASE LIGANDS, Liquid crystals, 20(6), 1996, pp. 831-833
Low angle X-ray scattering studies have been used to identify the meso
phase of some calamitic lanthanide mesogens as smectic A, while magnet
ic birefringence studies have shown a huge magnetic anisotropy for the
se complexes.