Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.362, 111-132, 2001
One-, two- and three dimensional structures in thermotropic liquid crystals
In two homologous series of bi-swallow tailed compounds transitions between lamellar (SmC), columnar (Col(rect)) and three-dimensional (T) phases have been studied by X-ray and NMR-methods. The NMR studies yield the conformation of the molecule, whereas the X-ray studies of monodomains provide information about die lattice type and the symmetry.