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The effect of low molecular weight organosiloxane substituents on mesophase formation and structure in non-symmetric nickel(II) complexes
Saez, Isabel M.,Mehl, Georg H.,Sinn, Ekkehard,Styring, Peter
, p. 299 - 311 (2007/10/03)
Organosiloxane groups have been used as components of metal-containing liquid crystals (metallomesogens). It has been found that the disiloxane unit aids mesophase formation, stabilising an enantiotropic smectic A phase over a wide temperature range. The
