Dibenzo [a, c] phenazine dimers with the following features:(i) short spacer,(ii) peripheral chains shorter and longer than the spacers, and (iii) reduced symmetrical structure of the disc were synthesized. The dibenzo [a, c] phenazine disc has enforced the self-assembly of discotic dimers connected through six methylene spacers to form mesophases through a folded conformation in the mesophase. An X-ray diffraction study pinpoints the preferential ...
