Generation of metallomesogens using common ligands functionalised with liquid-crystalline moieties.
Functionalisation of 2,2'-bipyridine or acetylacetone with an alkyleneoxycyanobiphenyl group induces liquid-crystalline properties in simple metal complexes.
Shashikala
Indudhara S
IS
Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK YO10 5DD.
Bruce
Duncan W
DW