Novel supramolecular liquid-crystalline complexes derived from 5-n-decyl-substituted thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2- and thiophene-2-carboxylic acids

New Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 771-773

  Tso, Hsi Hwa ^a   Wang, Jy Shih ^a   Wu, Chin Yi ^b   Lin, Hong Cheu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0006852889     PISSN: 11440546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a803315c     Document Type: Article

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