Abstract
Thermotropic mesomorphism has been observed in pure compounds consisting of simple disc-like molecules, viz., benzene-hexa-n-alkanoates. Thermodynamic, optical and x-ray studies indicate that the mesophase is a highly ordered lamellar type of liquid crystal. Based on the x-ray data, a structure is proposed in which the discs are stacked one on top of the other in columns that constitute a hexagonal arrangement, but the spacing between the discs in each column is irregular. Thus the structure has translational periodicity in two dimensions and liquid-like disorder in the third.
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Chandrasekhar, S., Sadashiva, B.K. & Suresh, K.A. Liquid crystals of disc-like molecules. Pramana - J Phys 9, 471–480 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02846252
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