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Cholesteric mesophases are formed by compounds of type 1 with axial chirality. The key to this behavior is the rigid twisted biphenyl core; the planes of the two aryl rings form an angle of 56° (R R′ 4-C8H17OC6H4CO2).
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Solladié et al. (1996) studied this question.
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