Shuttlecock-shaped

Almost without exception, all modern laser printers now use titanyloxy-phthalocyanine, type IV polymorph (47), as the CGM. Unlike copper phthalocyanine, which is planar (Figure 7) titanyloxy-phthalocyanine has a shallow shuttlecock shape (Figure 8). This has a subtle effect on the packing of the molecules, which contributes to its excellent performance as a CGM. Indeed, titanyloxy-phthalocyanine has the best combination of properties and is unlikely to be surpassed.37... 

Fig. 1.1 Columnar liquid crystalline assembly of shuttlecock-shaped fuUerenes...

Columnar (or pyramidal) mesophases of bowl-shape,i conical, and badminton- shuttlecock shaped molecules may form polar columns, since... 

Figure 1.13. Shuttlecock-shaped liquid crystal formed by incorporating fullerene C60 to various liquid crystals reported. ...

Molecular shape also affects ahgnment in the crystal. Molecules with A-type structure, which is produced by two / NA or p-aminobenzoic acid ester molecules linked by a methylene group, tend to stack hke piled shuttlecocks, and formation of a polar array was expected. Actually, many SHG-active crystals represented by NJ< -bis(4-ethoxycarbonylphenyl)diaminomethane (ECPMDA) were reported. ... 

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