作者:Alexander Paraskos、Yutaka Nishiyama、Timothy Swager
DOI:10.1080/15421400490435396
日期:2004.1
Novel half-disc mesogens of general structure 6,7,10,11-tetrakis(alkoxy)triphenylene-1,4-dione were synthesized and their phases characterized by polarized microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction. These compounds were found to form hexagonal columnar mesophases upon heating, despite their half-disc molecular shapes. X-ray diffraction suggests that within the mesophases a dimeric mesogenic subunit exists, driven by dipolar forces, in which the molecules are oriented antiparallel to one another. Such a dimer is approximately disc-shaped, and may explain the formation of columnar phases by these half-disc molecules.