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Synfacts 2007(12): 1266-1266  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991366
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Unusual Liquid Crystal Organization

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Trisha L. Andrew
P. H. J. Kouwer, S. J. Picken, G. H. Mehl*
University of Hull, UK and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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22 November 2007 (online)

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Significance

Pentakis(p-tolylethynyl)phenol, a common mesogen in discotic liquid crystals, was functionalized with a fluorocarbon-terminated alkyl chain. The fluorinated segment introduced nanophase segregation in the nematic phase of the resulting liquid crystal and also directed the system toward lamellar organization instead of the usually observed columnar ordering.