Mesogenic Properties of Amphiphilic Liquid Crystals with an Unusual Head‐Group Topology

Abstract

The lateral fixing of calamitic mesogens through hydrogen bonding of facial amphiphiles is a novel way of generating smectic materials with a broad mesomorphic region. Compound 1 is an example of this amphiphile and represents a new type of liquid-crystalline carbohydrate. R = OC10H21.