X-Shaped ternary five-block molecules, composed of a rigid p-terphenyl core, two terminal glycerol groups and two flexible n-alkyl or semiperfluorinated chains fixed laterally to opposite sides of the terphenyl moiety, form liquid crystalline phases built up of honeycomb-like arrays of polygonal cylinders, where the rod-like aromatic cores form cylinder walls with a thickness equal to the width of a single molecule.
X 型三元五嵌段分子由一个刚性对三联苯内核、两个末端甘油基团和两个横向固定在对三联苯相对侧的柔性正烷基或半氟化链组成,形成由蜂窝状多角形圆柱阵列构成的液晶相,其中棒状芳香族内核形成的圆柱壁厚度等于单个分子的宽度。