Enantiotropic mesophase

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-003873",
  "term": "Enantiotropic mesophase",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A liquid crystalline phase that is stable over a defined temperature range and can be reached reversibly from both the isotropic liquid phase upon cooling and the solid crystalline phase upon heating. This type of mesophase exhibits long-range orientational order but lacks the full positional order of a solid. Many thermotropic liquid crystal polymers display enantiotropic behavior.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "mesophase",
    "stable"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2002, 74, 493. 'Definitions of basic terms relating to polymer liquid crystals (IUPAC Recommendations 2001)' on page 495 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200274030493)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/enantiotropic-mesophase/"
}