Highly congested liquid crystal structures: dendrimers, dendrons, dendronized and hyperbranched polymers.
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.
Marcos
Mercedes
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Química Orgánica, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza - C.S.I.C., 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Martín-Rapún
Rafael
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Omenat
Ana
A
Serrano
José Luis
JL
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*
D050091:Dendrimers; D011108:Polymers