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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics Volume 165, 1988 - Issue 1
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100 Years Liquid Crystal Chemistry

D. Demus Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle, GDR
Pages 45-84 | Received 20 Feb 1988, Published online: 03 Jan 2007
 
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Abstract

This review article presents a short description of the historical development of the chemistry of thermotropic liquid crystals and the modern molecular-statistical interpretation of the liquid crystalline state. A short survey on the present state of the liquid crystal chemistry, divided in conventional (rod-like) and non-conventional (deviating more or less from the rod-like shape) molecular species is given. Liquid crystalline compounds for applications and their mixtures are treated from the chemical standpoint emphasizing the connections between molecular structure and properties.

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