Hierarchy of order in liquid crystalline polycaps

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2603-2606

  Castellano, Ronald K ^a   Nuckolls, Colin ^a   Eichhorn, S Holger ^b   Wood, Malcolm R ^a   Lovinger, Andrew J ^c   Rebek Jr , Julius ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Calixarenes; Liquid crystals; Molecular recognition; Polymers; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

CALIXARENE;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033520462     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990903)38:17<2603::AID-ANIE2603>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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