With the introduction of π-conjugated systems in electronic devices and the dream to arrive
at molecular electronics based on these systems, the detailed understanding of the …

Discotic (disc-like) molecules typically comprising a rigid aromatic core and flexible
peripheral chains have been attracting growing interest because of their fundamental …

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 …

The hierarchical self-assembly of disc-shaped molecules leads to the formation of discotic
liquid crystals. These materials are of fundamental importance not only as models for the …

Disc-shaped objects can be induced to form columnar assemblies whether their scale is
tens of Angstroms (molecular), tens of nanometers (macromolecular or supramolecular) …

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 …

Dipyrazino [2, 3-f: 2′, 3′-h] quinoxaline also known as 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12-
hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) is an electron deficient, rigid, planar, aromatic discotic system …

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

Major recent advances:'High'mobility photoconduction in the columnar mesophases of disc-
shaped (discotic) liquid crystals in which the charge carriers are holes or electrons was …

Over the last 10 years, there has been a growing acceptance of the concept of chromonic
phases and a wider recognition that they form a well-defined family of lyotropic liquid …