Building liquid crystals from the 5-fold symmetrical pillar[5]arene core.
Comparison of the liquid-crystalline properties of a pillar[5]arene core functionalized with 10 mesogenic cyanobiphenyl units with those of a corresponding model compound revealed the strong influence of the macrocyclic pillar[5]arene core on the mesomorphic properties.
Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS, Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.
Iwona
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Nierengarten
Sebastiano
S
Guerra
Michel
M
Holler
Jean-François
JF
Nierengarten
Robert
R
Deschenaux