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A self-assembled liquid crystal honeycomb of highly stretched (3-1-1)-hexagons
Alexander Scholte1, Sebastian Hauche1, Matthias Wagner1
1Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany. carsten.tschierske@chemie.uni-halle.de.
Abstract:
A new liquid crystalline honeycomb phase is reported, containing highly stretched giant hexagonal cells with two opposing walls spanned by three consecutive end-to-end H-bonded rods, the (3-1-1) hexagons.