Interfacial layer interactions: their effects on synclinic and anticlinic smectic mesophase behaviour in liquid crystals.
Through the use of bulky cyclic terminal groups, anticlinic smectic C phases have been observed in 2-methylbutyl materials based on the MHPOBC motif.
Cowling
Stephen J
SJ
Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK. sc520@york.ac.uk
Goodby
John W
JW