Specific interactions in discotic liquid crystals

PHJ Kouwer, WF Jager, WJ Mijs…

Index: Kouwer, Paul H. J.; Jager, Wolter F.; Mijs, Wim J.; Picken, Stephen J. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 13, # 3 p. 458 - 469

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Abstract

A series of novel mesogens have been prepared by a five-fold Sonogashira reaction of terminal acetylenes with a functionalized pentabromophenol derivative. The corresponding side-chain substituted polymers were prepared by an analogous polymer substitution reaction. The mesogens differ in the nature of the substituents, ie CH2, O, S, SO2 and CONH groups, linking five hexyl tails to the core. A wide range of mesophases and ...