Schiff base/ester liquid crystals with different lateral substituents: mesophase behaviour and DFT calculations

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H. A. Ahmed*ab http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3966-7024, M. Hagar*ac http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0169-7738, T. H. El-Sayedad & R. B. Alnomanaa College of Sciences, Chemistry Department, Taibah University, Yanbu, Saudi Arabiab Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egyptc Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egyptd Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Chemistry Department, Ain Shams University, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt