The stability of columns comprising alternating triphenylene and hexaphenyltriphenylene molecules: variations in the structure of the hexaphenyltriphenylene component

• Published in: Liquid crystals Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 653 - 664
• Main Authors: Bushby, Richard J., Fisher, Julie, Lozman, Owen R., Lange, Stephan, Lydon, John E., McLaren, Sholto R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 01.06.2006

Previous investigations of complementary polytopic interaction (CPI) columnar mesophases, in which the columns are built up of alternating hexaalkoxytriphenylene (HAT) and hexaphenyltriphenylene (PTP) molecules, concentrated mainly on the effect of variations in the structure of the HAT component. T...