Polyhedral liquid crystal silsesquioxanes

G H Mehl, I M Saez

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Abstract

Synthetic routes towards monodisperse polyhedral liquid-crystalline silsesquioxanes are described, The liquid-crystalline phase behaviour of these structurally uniform materials, with various silsesquioxane core and mesogenic side-chain structures, were analysed and compared with those of related oligomeric and polymeric materials, Common features of the solid-state behaviour of these organic/inorganic hybrids, which form self-organized structures in their soft-matter states, were identified. Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)261-272
Number of pages12
JournalAPPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
Volume13
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Apr 1999

Keywords

  • silsesquioxane
  • liquid crystal
  • polyhedral
  • metallomesogen
  • monodisperse
  • DEFINED TOPOLOGY
  • SYNTHETIC ROUTE
  • HYDRIDOSPHEROSILOXANES
  • HYDROSILYLATION
  • SUPERMOLECULES
  • DERIVATIVES
  • PRECURSORS
  • SILOXANES
  • CORE

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