Progress in liquid crystal chemistry

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Editor: Prof. Sabine Laschat
Universität Stuttgart
 
Since their discovery in 1888, liquid crystals have developed from a mere curiosity to a highly interdisciplinary research field. Liquid crystals are most widely used in electronic displays with further applications coming on to the market. One of the major issues in liquid crystal research is still the poor knowledge of structure-property relationships and thus the synthesis of whole series of structurally related compounds is required to design molecules with suitable physical properties. This Thematic Series addresses the synthetic challenges of liquid crystal research, as well as interdisciplinary aspects from material science, physics, physical and theoretical chemistry.

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Progress in liquid crystal chemistry

  • Sabine Laschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 48, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.48

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Published 07 Oct 2009

Synthesis of mesogenic phthalocyanine-C60 donor–acceptor dyads designed for molecular heterojunction photovoltaic devices

  • Yves Henri Geerts,
  • Olivier Debever,
  • Claire Amato and
  • Sergey Sergeyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.49

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Published 07 Oct 2009

Chiral amplification in a cyanobiphenyl nematic liquid crystal doped with helicene-like derivatives

  • Alberta Ferrarini,
  • Silvia Pieraccini,
  • Stefano Masiero and
  • Gian Piero Spada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 50, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.50

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Published 07 Oct 2009

A convenient method for preparing rigid-core ionic liquid crystals

  • Julien Fouchet,
  • Laurent Douce,
  • Benoît Heinrich,
  • Richard Welter and
  • Alain Louati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.51

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Published 07 Oct 2009

Novel banana-discotic hybrid architectures

  • Hari Krishna Bisoyi,
  • H. T. Srinivasa and
  • Sandeep Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.52

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Preliminary Communication
Published 07 Oct 2009

Functional properties of metallomesogens modulated by molecular and supramolecular exotic arrangements

  • Alessandra Crispini,
  • Mauro Ghedini and
  • Daniela Pucci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 54, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.54

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Published 12 Oct 2009

Saddle-shaped tetraphenylenes with peripheral gallic esters displaying columnar mesophases

  • Eugen Wuckert,
  • Constanze Hägele,
  • Frank Giesselmann,
  • Angelika Baro and
  • Sabine Laschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 57, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.57

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Published 21 Oct 2009

Coaxial electrospinning of liquid crystal-containing poly(vinylpyrrolidone) microfibres

  • Eva Enz,
  • Ute Baumeister and
  • Jan Lagerwall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 58, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.58

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Published 23 Oct 2009

1-(4-Alkyloxybenzyl)-3-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium organic backbone: A versatile smectogenic moiety

  • William Dobbs,
  • Laurent Douce and
  • Benoît Heinrich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 62, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.62

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Published 06 Nov 2009

Influence of spacer chain lengths and polar terminal groups on the mesomorphic properties of tethered 5-phenylpyrimidines

  • Gundula F. Starkulla,
  • Elisabeth Kapatsina,
  • Angelika Baro,
  • Frank Giesselmann,
  • Stefan Tussetschläger,
  • Martin Kaller and
  • Sabine Laschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 63, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.63

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Published 09 Nov 2009

Molecular length distribution and the formation of smectic phases

  • Nadia Kapernaum,
  • C. Scott Hartley,
  • Jeffrey C. Roberts,
  • Robert P. Lemieux and
  • Frank Giesselmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 65, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.65

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Published 13 Nov 2009

Low temperature enantiotropic nematic phases from V-shaped, shape-persistent molecules

  • Matthias Lehmann and
  • Jens Seltmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 73, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.73

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Published 04 Dec 2009

Ring-alkyl connecting group effect on mesogenic properties of p-carborane derivatives and their hydrocarbon analogues

  • Aleksandra Jankowiak,
  • Piotr Kaszynski,
  • William R. Tilford,
  • Kiminori Ohta,
  • Adam Januszko,
  • Takashi Nagamine and
  • Yasuyuki Endo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 83, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.83

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Published 30 Dec 2009

Competition between local disordering and global ordering fields in nematic liquid crystals

  • Matej Cvetko,
  • Milan Ambrožič and
  • Samo Kralj

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 2, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.2

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Published 07 Jan 2010

Self-assembled ordered structures in thin films of HAT5 discotic liquid crystal

  • Piero Morales,
  • Jan Lagerwall,
  • Paolo Vacca,
  • Sabine Laschat and
  • Giusy Scalia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.51

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Published 20 May 2010

Symmetry breaking and structure of a mixture of nematic liquid crystals and anisotropic nanoparticles

  • Marjan Krasna,
  • Matej Cvetko and
  • Milan Ambrožič

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 74, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.74

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Published 07 Jul 2010
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