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Chemical Communications

Thermodynamics of dimerization in solution as a rational tool for inducing nematic vs. smectic organizations in lanthanidomesogens†

Thomas B. Jensen,a   Emmanuel Terazzi,b   Bertrand Donnio,b   Daniel Guillonb  and  Claude Piguet*a  

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a Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai E. Ansermet, Geneva 4, Switzerland
E-mail: Claude.Piguet@chiam.unige.ch
Fax: (+41) 22 379 6830

b Groupe des Matériaux Organiques, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg-IPCMS, 23 rue du Loess, B.P. 43, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France

Abstract

The judicious tuning of simple thermodynamic parameters controlling dimerization processes in solution induces a rational switch between smectic and nematic organizations in thermotropic lanthanide-containing liquid crystals.

Graphical abstract: Thermodynamics of dimerization in solution as a rational tool for inducing nematic vs. smectic organizations in lanthanidomesogens

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B714861E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Sep 2007
Accepted
30 Oct 2007
First published
06 Nov 2007

Chem. Commun., 2008, 181-183

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Thermodynamics of dimerization in solution as a rational tool for inducing nematic vs. smectic organizations in lanthanidomesogens

T. B. Jensen, E. Terazzi, B. Donnio, D. Guillon and C. Piguet, Chem. Commun., 2008, 181 DOI: 10.1039/B714861E

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