Glycolipids have important biological functions in nature: as membrane formation, mediators
of cell–cell-recognitions and various specialized functions. Thousands of very complex
glycoconjugates have been described by the biochemistry research, whereas the liquid
crystal research in the previous decades only recognizes the structure/property relationships
of more simple alkylated sugars, eg most of the natural materials have never been tested for
their mesomorphous properties and the relation between the physical state of matter and the …