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Merely one step is required to synthesize the polymers 1. Depending on the substitution pattern (R1 H, SiMe3; R2 n-C6H13, n-C12H25), these polymers form lyotropic and/or thermotropic liquid crystalline phases.
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Altmann et al. (1995) studied this question.
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