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Liquid crystals. From synthetic goal to synthetic tool
International Journal of Engineering Science 38 (2000) 1097
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Abstract
Liquid crystals. From synthetic goal to synthetic tool V. Percec Western Reserve University, Western Reserve, USA
This lecture will describe the evolution of the research on molecular, macromolecular and supramolecular liquid crystals (LCs) in our laboratory. Particular examples that will demonstrate the evolution of this research originally aimed at LC molecules with extremely simple architecture to molecules and macromolecules with complex architecture and subsequently the transition of this research from LCs as a synthetic goal to LCs as one of the most ecient synthetic tools for the retrosynthetic analysis and design of supramolecular synthons used in the construction of supramolecular giant soft systems will be presented. Ó 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
0020-7225/00/$ - see front matter Ó 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. PII: S 0 0 2 0 - 7 2 2 5 ( 9 9 ) 0 0 1 0 9 - 3
www.elsevier.com/locate/ijengsci
Abstract
Liquid crystals. From synthetic goal to synthetic tool V. Percec Western Reserve University, Western Reserve, USA
This lecture will describe the evolution of the research on molecular, macromolecular and supramolecular liquid crystals (LCs) in our laboratory. Particular examples that will demonstrate the evolution of this research originally aimed at LC molecules with extremely simple architecture to molecules and macromolecules with complex architecture and subsequently the transition of this research from LCs as a synthetic goal to LCs as one of the most ecient synthetic tools for the retrosynthetic analysis and design of supramolecular synthons used in the construction of supramolecular giant soft systems will be presented. Ó 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
0020-7225/00/$ - see front matter Ó 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. PII: S 0 0 2 0 - 7 2 2 5 ( 9 9 ) 0 0 1 0 9 - 3