Control of Mesomorphic Structures of 1,3,5-Triazines Through Molecular Shape and Intramolecular Functionalization

Abstract

Abstract The thermal behaviour of a non-mesomorphic 2,4,6-triarylamino-1,3,5-triazine fitted with three peripheral dodecyloxy chains has been investigated in binary mixtures with 4-octyloxy-benzoic acid and with nitrofluorenone based electron acceptors. Attractive interactions between the complementary components, related to intermolecular hydrogen bonding or charge transfer complex formation, give rise to inductions of columnar as well as smectic liquid crystalline structures.