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ABSTRACT
A series of 3-perfluoroalkylbenzoate esters are synthesised. They tend to exhibit enantiotropic SmA and SmC phases. The clearing points are decreased with increasing the alkoxy chain length and show odd-even effect. With increasing the fluorocarbon chain length, the melting and clearing points increase; however, the SmC phase is suppressed.
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Funding
This work was supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu High Education Institutions (PAPD); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51473106 and 51673141).
