Hexakis(terthiophenylthio)benzene as a New Class Liquid Crystalline Molecule

Abstract

A disk-like molecule, in which six α-linked terthiophenes are connected to a central benzene core via a thioether linkage, shows a sequence of calamitic liquid crystalline mesomorphism involving smectic C, smectic A and nematic phases.

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