PHTHALOCYANINES SUBSTITUTED WITH DENDRITIC WEDGES - GLASS-FORMING COLUMNAR MESOGENS

Peripheral substitution of the phthalocyanine macrocycle with poly(ary l ether) dendritic wedges produces materials whose properties are domi nated both by the columnar self-association of the phthalocyanine core and by the glass-forming character of the dendritic substituents.