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By doping low molar mass or polymeric liquid crystals containing flat disc-like units with electron acceptors one achieves a stabilization of columnar phases, the induction of a columnar phases in otherwise discotic nematic or even in amorphous systems. Theoretical models based on the assumption of strong electron donator-acceptor (EDA) complex formation are able to account for the structure formation on a molecular level and the thermodynamic properties of the mixtures and the model of diffusion limited aggregation (DLA) for the structure formation on a supermolecular structure.
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Ebert, M., Frick, G., Baehr, C., Wendorff, J.H., Wüstefeld, R., Ringsdorf, H. (1991). Modes of Structure Formation in Doped Discotic Polymers and Low Molar Mass Model Systems. In: Lemstra, P.J., Kleintjens, L.A. (eds) Integration of Fundamental Polymer Science and Technology—5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3890-1_24
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