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Thermal properties of novel liquid crystals having a single benzene unit
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Materials SciencePosition 3EngineeringOrthogonal NatureApplied PhysicsLiquid Crystalline PropertiesPhysical ChemistryOrganic ChemistryExperimental ThermodynamicsThermodynamicsChemistryNovel Liquid CrystalsSimple LiquidCrystal FormationCrystallographySingle Benzene UnitThermal Properties
Some derivatives of 2-(n-perfluoroalkyl)ethyl 3- and/or 4-substituted-benzoates show smectic phases having an orthogonal nature; the substituent at position 3 is indispensable for them to display liquid crystalline properties.