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Columnar phase

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-002260

A mesophase in which disc-shaped molecules or aggregates stack one on top of another to form columns, and these columns are arranged in a two-dimensional lattice. This ordered arrangement gives rise to anisotropic properties, such as electrical conductivity along the column axis. These phases are characteristic of discotic liquid crystals.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-002260
FieldChemistry
SubjectPolymer
ReferencesPAC, 2012, 85, 463. 'Terminology for aggregation and self-assembly in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 467 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-03-12)
See alsoDiscotic
Record as JSON 
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