Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of new Schiff base esters with different alkyl chains

• Sie Tiong Ha ^a, ,
• Lay hoon Ong ^a, ,
• Siew Teng Ong ^a, ,
• Guan Yeow Yeap ^b, ,
• Joanna Pik Wan Wong ^a, ,
• Teck Ming Koh ^a, ,
• Hong Cheu Lin ^c,

• a Faculty of Engineering & Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jln Genting Klang, Setapak, 53300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;

• b Liquid Crystal Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia;

• c Department of Materials Science & Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

• Received Date: 03 December 2008
  
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  The author (S.T. Ha) would like to thank Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) for the research facilities and financial support through UTARVote No.6202/O05,and Universiti Sains Malaysia for the use of its research facilities. L.K. Ong would like to acknowledge UTAR for the award of the research assistantship.