LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MACROCYCLES - NOVEL GLASS-FORMING NEMATIC MATERIALS THAT CAN UNDERGO CHARGE-TRANSFER INDUCED PHASE-TRANSITIONS

Authors
NEUMANN B JOACHIMI D TSCHIERSKE C
Citation
B. Neumann et al., LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MACROCYCLES - NOVEL GLASS-FORMING NEMATIC MATERIALS THAT CAN UNDERGO CHARGE-TRANSFER INDUCED PHASE-TRANSITIONS, Advanced materials, 9(3), 1997, pp. 241
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1997)9:3<241:LM-NGN>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Macrocylic liquid crystals incorporating two different rigid cores are reported for the first time. The synthesis of polyethercyclophanes su ch as that shown in the Figure is described, together with their phase behavior as investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and pol arizing microscopy. The synthesis of macrocycles that combine non-iden tical building blocks is desirable in order to obtain materials with t ailor-made properties.