DOI: 10.1039/A901035A
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Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1999, 781-782
Smectic liquid-crystalline physical gels. Anisotropic self-aggregation of hydrogen-bonded molecules in layered structures
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Norihiro Mizoshita, Takaaki Kutsuna, Takashi Kato and Kenji Hanabusa
Abstract
Smectic liquid-crystalline states have been successfully gelled by low molecular weight hydrogen-bonded molecules and anisotropic fibrous aggregates of the gelling agents are obtained when the sol–gel transition occurs within the smectic temperature range.
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