Liquid-crystal phases of self-assembled molecular aggregates
- 26 April 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 5 (17) , 2651-2678
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/5/17/002
Abstract
A variety of molecules reversibly self-assemble in solution, forming non-covalently bonded molecular aggregates. In many cases these aggregates are asymmetric in shape and are observed to form liquid-crystal phases. The nature of and mechanisms for liquid-crystalline ordering in such self-assembled systems is the focus of this review.Keywords
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