title: Highly congested liquid crystal structures: dendrimers, dendrons, dendronized and hyperbranched polymers.
abstract: In this tutorial review we describe some studies concerning liquid crystal dendritic polymers. We have chosen to present several representative examples that illustrate the diverse kinds of LC dendritic structures, namely: dendrimers, dendrons, dendronized polymers and hyperbranched polymers. We review their synthesis, mesogenic properties and the way that they are arranged to form supramolecular liquid crystal assemblies.
authors.affiliation: Química Orgánica, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza - C.S.I.C., 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcos
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martín-Rapún
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omenat
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Serrano
mesh_terms: D050091:Dendrimers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D011108:Polymers