title: Folded discotic dimers.
abstract: We report the synthesis and properties of a dibenzophenazine discotic dimer, which was found to adopt a folded conformation in solution. This stable π-stacked structure persists at elevated temperatures and in all solvents examined. Folding allows the dimer to assemble into a columnar liquid crystal phase, despite its short linking group.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. vancew@sfu.ca.
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