title: Shape amphiphiles: mixing rods and disks in liquid crystals.
abstract: Mixtures of rodlike and disklike liquid crystals suffer from phase separation. However, such mixtures can be homogenized if a molecule is added which comprises a rod- and a disklike fragment linked together covalently. We have termed such a molecule a shape amphiphile and believe that this represents a new class of amphiphilicity.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, U.K.
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Date
authors.forename: Duncan W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bruce