A series of new hydrogen-bonded liquid-crystal complexes formed between para-substitued alkoxybenzoic acids (OBAm, where m denotes the number of the carbon in the alkoxy group, m= 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10) and 4′-pyridylazophenyl-4-alkoxybenzoate (PEAPn, where n represents the number of the carbon in the alkoxy group, n= 5, 6, 7 8, 10, 12, 14, 16) have been investigated by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy, differential scanning ...