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Properties of the Liquid Crystals formed by Certain 2-p-Alkoxybenzylideneamino-9,10-dihydrophenanthrenes
Byron, David J.,Harwood, David J.,Wilson, Robert C.
, p. 197 - 200 (2007/10/02)
The liquid crystal transition temperatures of 11 2-p-alkoxybenzylideneamino-9,10-dihydrophenanthrenes are reported and discussed.Graphical presentation shows a fall to a minimum followed by a rise to a maximum for the N-I transition temperatures of the early homologues and lack of convergence of the rising SA-N and the falling N-I transition temperature curves for the higher homologues, i.e. there is persistence of nematic phases to a late stage in the homologous series.This behaviour is consistent with very low lateral cohesive forces operating throughout the homologous series.
