Hexagonal columnar mesophases of polycatenar para-phenylene connected bis-oxadiazole-based liquid crystals

In this article polycatenar liquid crystals containing two 1,3,4-oxadiazoles interconnected by a para-substituted benzene ring as the central linking unit and three alkoxy chains at each terminal have been synthesised, and investigated by polarising microscopy, DSC and XRD scattering. Molecules with medium chain length form exclusively hexagonal columnar liquid crystalline phases.

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