Karina Geese, Marko Prehm and Carsten Tschierske
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 9903-9906
DOI:
10.1039/C4CC03059A,
Communication
Bent-core molecules with a linear alkyl chain in the bay position (anchor shaped molecules) form new liquid crystalline phases combining periodicities with different coherence lengths in distinct directions; in these LC phases the molecules are organized on average orthogonal in modulated layers (ribbons or patches) with restricted rotation around the long axis, thus representing modulated SmAb phases.