| New mesophases formed by water soluble discoidal amphiphiles (1985) | |||||||||||||||
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| We present the first examples of lyotropic discotic nematic and columnar (hexagonal) mesophases obtained by dissolution of non-ionic, disk-like amphiphilic mesogens (hexa-polyethyleneoxy derivatives of triphenylene) in water. The phenomenon of « solvent driven aggregation » is shown to be a practicable route to new and novel mesophases with structures and properties intermediate to and encompassing those of the thermotropic and lyotropic-amphiphilic classes of liquid crystals. | |||||||||||||||
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