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Oligomeric odd–even effect in liquid crystals

Rony Saha, Greta Babakhanova, Zeinab Parsouzi, Mojtaba Rajabi, Prabesh Gyawali, Chris Welch, Georg H. Mehl, J. T. Gleeson, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Samuel Sprunt,

Materials Horizons · 2019 · 44 citations · 38 references

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We demonstrate a novel oligomeric odd–even effect of mesogenic segments connected by flexible chains with an odd number of methylene groups.

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