Abstract
A new class of thiophene-based cholesteryl and ferrocenyl derivatives was synthesized and characterized by common analytical techniques. Liquid-crystalline properties were investigated by polarizing optical microscopy (POM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Thiophene-based cholesteryl derivatives show homeotropic liquid-crystalline phase sequence crystal → smectic A → cholesteric → isotropic, whereas the ferrocenyl derivative is nonmesomorphic. The effects of thiophene ring, terminal group, and length of the polymethylene spacers on the mesomorphic behavior are discussed.
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