Liquid‐Crystalline, Substituted Octakis‐(dimethylsiloxy)octasilsesquioxanes: Oligomeric Supermolecular Materials with Defined Topology

Abstract

Cuboid silsesquioxanes with appropriate side chains (see below; n = 4, 6, 11) provide a means of structuring soft matter with inorganic cores. These compounds combine material characteristics of polymer and low molecular mass liquid crystals.