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Thermodynamics of dimerization in solution as a rational tool for inducing nematic vs. smectic organizations in lanthanidomesogens.

Jensen TB, Terazzi E, Donnio B, Guillon D, Piguet C

Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.

The judicious tuning of simple thermodynamic parameters controlling dimerization processes in solution induces a rational switch between smectic and nematic organizations in thermotropic lanthanide-containing liquid crystals.

Published 19 December 2007 in Chem Commun (Camb).
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