Since the end of the 19th century when Friedrich Reinitzer, Otto Lehmann, and others
introduced the liquidcrystalline state of matter into science, the exact connection between …

This critical review begins with a brief, but essential, introduction to the special nature of
liquid crystal materials, their peculiar properties, and their commercial applications, followed …

Fundamentally important as models for the study of energy and charge migration in self-
organized systems, discotic liquid crystals find functional application as one-dimensional …

DDQ in the presence of an acid is known to oxidize a variety of aromatic donors to the
corresponding cation radicals. Herein, we now demonstrate that the DDQ/H+ system can be …

Triphenylene-based discotic liquid crystals, which have already been used commercially in
phase compensation films to improve the viewing angle of liquid crystal display devices …

Guidelines for the application of the Scholl reaction were developed. Labeling experiments
demonstrate that the Scholl reaction fails in small, unsubstituted oligophenylenes (eg, o …

DDQ/H+ system readily oxidizes a variety of electron donors with oxidation potential as high
as∼ 1.7 V to the corresponding cation radicals. A re-examination of the controversial …

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Discotic liquid crystals are unique nanostructures with remarkable electronic and
optoelectronic properties. Triphenylene derivatives play a major role in the research on …

A stabilization of the liquid‐crystalline mesophase and thus an enlarged temperature range
of the mesogenic phase is achieved by adding perfluorotriphenylene to a chiral liquid …