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