Fluorinated liquid crystals formed by halogen bonding.
New, halogen-bonded fluorinated mesogens are reported; the expected microphase separation associated with perfluoroalkyl chains is surprisingly absent in the mesophase.
Metrangolo
Pierangelo
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NFMLab-DCMIC G. Natta, Politecnico di Milano, 7 via Mancinelli, I-20131 Milan, Italy. pierangelo.metrangolo@polimi.it
Präsang
Carsten
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Resnati
Giuseppe
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Liantonio
Rosalba
R
Whitwood
Adrian C
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Bruce
Duncan W
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