Ck. Lai et Fj. Lin, DISCOTIC BIMETALLOMESOGENS - HIGHLY DISORDERED MESOPHASES OF COLUMNARHEXAGONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN BIS(TETRAKETONATE) VANADYL AND COPPER-COMPLEXES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton transactions, (1), 1997, pp. 17-19
A series of bis(tetraketonate) complexes of dicopper and divanadyl has
been prepared and their mesomorphic properties investigated by polari
zed optical microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction.