Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
Poly(amidoamine) starburst dendrimers which contain peripheral mesogenic ester units were found to exhibit a smectic A mesophase. A structural model is proposed that is valid for several generations of dendrimers. The mesogenic units form parallel aggregations that give rise to the smectic structure (shown schematically).
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Marcos et al. (1999) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: