Studies on the self assembly of some heterocycle containing star shaped and polycatenar mesogens

Abstract

Liquid crystals LCs are unique functional soft materials combining both order and mobility on molecular supramolecular and macroscopic levels The shape anisotropic molecules which exhibit this unique behavior are also known as mesogens They can be organic forming thermotropic and lyotropic phases inorganic metal oxides forming lyotropic phases or organometallic metallomesogens in nature Conventionally the anisometric molecules employed to stabilize thermotropic LC phases are either