title: Columnar liquid crystalline pi-conjugated oligothiophenes.
abstract: Polycatenar oligothiophenes possessing three alkoxy chains at each terminal self-organise into columnar liquid crystalline phases, and one-dimensional columnar stacks can be oriented uniaxially by mechanical shearing in the mesophases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato