Evidence for the Existence of the McMillan Phase in a Binary System of a Metallomesogen and 2,4,7-Trinitrofluorenone

Abstract

Molecular self-organization, driven by attractive face-to-face interactions between 1 and 2,4,7-trinitrofluorenone, leads to the formation of an optically biaxial smectic A liquid crystalline phase-a long-predicted new state of ordered soft matter.