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Do hydrogen bonds influence the behavior of the phases of amphiphilic “cyanobiphenyls”? Diol 1 forms, for example, a nematic mesophase. By the addition of H2O or the incorporation of further OH groups, the parallel movement of the molecules is hindered, and a smectic layer structure is induced.
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Joachimi et al. (1993) studied this question.
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