Supermolecular Liquid Crystals - Liquid Crystalline Functional Assemblies and Their Supramolecular Structures - page 37

Fig. 42 Dendrimer 40 shows a bifurcation point that is removed from the central scaffold

Fig. 43 Laterally appended octamer of octasilsesquioxane, 41 , where the mesogens are

chiral

faces are created in surfactant systems and Janus grains as described by de
Gennes [93].
By changing the chiral moiety associated with the liquid crystal units,
the physical properties of the supermolecular system can be changed and/or
fine-tuned. For example, changing the chiral group from 2-methylbutyl to