Development of polar order in liquid crystalline phases of a banana compound with a unique sequence of three orthogonal phases.
Alkyl substituted 4-cyanoresorcinol 1,3-bisbenzoates with terephthalate based rod-like wings show a series of three orthogonal smectic phases SmA-SmAP(R)-SmAP(A).
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Institute of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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Marko
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Panarin
Yuri P
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Jagdish K
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Tschierske
Carsten
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