Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.308, No.S, 99-111, 1997
New liquid crystalline compounds of a T-shape
Three new dimesogenic compounds that are consisted of two mesogenic units connected through a polymethylene spacer in the shape of the letter T have been synthesized. The compounds were characterized for their liquid crystallinity by the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffractometry and visual observation of the melts on a hot-stage attached to a polarizing microscope. All the compounds were found to form only nematic phase and to be enantiotropic.
Keywords:TERMINAL MESOGENIC UNITS;AROMATIC ESTER;MAIN CHAIN;THERMOTROPIC COMPOUNDS;DIMESOGENIC COMPOUNDS;SILOXANE SPACERS;POLYMERS;POLYESTERS;SERIES;DIMERS