title: Hypervalent sulfur fluorides and the design of liquid crystals.
abstract: Hypervalent sulfur fluorides are providing functional materials - such as liquid crystals - with unique physicochemical properties and new geometric structural elements.
authors.affiliation: Merck KGaA, Liquid Crystals R&D Chemistry Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany. peer.kirsch@merckgroup.com.
authors.forename: Peer
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirsch
authors.affiliation: Merck KGaA, Liquid Crystals R&D Chemistry Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany. matthias.bremer@merckgroup.com.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bremer