Monotropic smectic A to double layer smectic C transition of biphenyl containing liquid crystal acetylene

• Zhen Qiang Yu ^a, ,
• Cai Zhen Zhu ^a, ,
• Zhe Zhang ^a, ,
• Jian Hong Liu ^a, ,
• Jacky W. Y. Lam ^b, ,
• Ben Zhong Tang ^b,

• a Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China;

• b Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, China

• Received Date: 31 March 2011
  
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  The author (Z.Q.Yu) would like to thank the financial supports of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21074073) and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers (No.FP20100011).