Calamitic smectic liquid crystalline supramolecular architecture from octaalkoxy-substituted PdII–η1-benzylideneaniline complexes
Abstract
Octaalkoxy substituted PdII–η1-benzylideneaniline complexes with a more disc-like shape can give rise to a calamitic smectic phase and low melting transition temperatures comparable to those of the corresponding free ligands.