title: Encoding calamitic mesomorphism in thermotropic lanthanidomesogens.
abstract: Peripheral cyanobiphenyl dendrimers impose a microphase organization compatible with smectic mesomorphism, in which the bulky nine-coordinate lanthanide core is located between the decoupled mesogenic sublayers made up of parallel cyanobiphenyl groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Terazzi
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bocquet
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campidelli
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Donnio
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guillon
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deschenaux
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piguet