Homochiral helical self‐organizations provide some of the most fundamental architectures of
biological macromolecules and of their co‐assemblies although they were first discovered …

Molecularly designed polymers with narrow polydispersities and well‐defined molecular
weights, tailor‐made mesophases, and reactive systems that can be used for further …

The rational design, synthesis, and characterization of the building blocks obtained by the
esterification of the first generation of tapered monodendrons 3, 4, 5-tris (p-dodecan-1-yloxy) …

This textbook consists of six chapters. The first chapter highlights the concept of liquid
crystals, including chemical structure, phase classification, defect and texture, and …

All activities of our daily life, of the nature surrounding us and of the entire society and its
complex economic and political systems are affected by stimuli. Therefore, understanding …

The synthesis of the monomer exo, exo-5, 6-bis [[[(3, 4, 5-tris ((4-(dodecyl-1-oxy) benzyl)
oxy)] benzyl) oxy] carbonyl]-7-oxabicyclo [2.2. 1] hept-2-ene (4), containing two tapered …

A hexadecamer, first‐generation, octasilsesquioxane liquid‐crystalline dendrimer was
synthesized by a platinum‐catalyzed hydrosilylation reaction of the parent first‐generation …

A new homologous series of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers has been synthesized,
the poly [4-[[a-(4-cyanobiphenylyl-4'-oxy)-ai-alkyl] oxy] styrene] s, and the thermal behavior …

This paper describes the synthesis of side-chain liquid crystallinepolymers and block
copolymers by living anionic polymerization and their thermotropic phase behavior. The …

Thesynthesis and living cationic polymerization of 8-[(4-cyano-4'-biphenyl) oxy] octyl vinyl
ether (6-8) and of 6-[(4-cyano-4'-biphenyl) oxy] hexyl vinyl ether (6-6) are described. The …