X-Shaped polyphilics: liquid crystal honeycombs with single-molecule walls.
X-Shaped ternary five-block molecules, composed of a rigid p-terphenyl core, two terminal glycerol groups and two flexible n-alkyl or semiperfluorinated chains fixed laterally to opposite sides of the terphenyl moiety, form liquid crystalline phases built up of honeycomb-like arrays of polygonal cylinders, where the rod-like aromatic cores form cylinder walls with a thickness equal to the width of a single molecule.
Kieffer
Robert
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Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Kurt-Mothes Strasse 2, Halle, Germany.
Prehm
Marko
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Glettner
Benjamin
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Pelz
Karsten
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Baumeister
Ute
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Liu
Feng
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Zeng
Xiangbing
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Ungar
Goran
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Tschierske
Carsten
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