Introduction to Liquid Crystals


DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS
      Disc-shaped mesogens are called discotic. The structure of a typical discotic is shown on the right. Disc-shaped molecules have a tendency to lie on top of one another forming either discotic nematic phases (with discs oriented similarly) or columnar phases (which, obviously, have column-like structure). Discotic mesogen

Discotic phase structures

 

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