Formation of mesophases based on micro-segregation: columnar liquid-crystalline phases of first generation dendrimers with perfluorinated segments

New Journal of Chemistry Pub Date: DOI: 10.1039/A901990A

Abstract

Tetrahedral pentaerythritol tetrabenzoates with semi-fluorinated alkyl chains have columnar liquid-crystalline phases with dramatically enhanced mesophase stabilities compared to the parent hydrocarbon derivatives.

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