Long chain laterally substituted compounds

Table 42. Phase behaviour of lateral long-chain substituted, swallow-tailed and polycatenar compounds.

The first group includes rod-like mesogens substituted by long-chain groups at any position, e.g. laterally alkyl substituted and swallow-tailed mesogens. In such compounds the liquid crystalline behaviour is largely determined by the repulsion forces of the surrounding molecules, which press... 

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