THERMOTROPIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS BASED ON AMPHIPHILIC CARBOHYDRATES

The paper gives an advanced report (related to the reviews of Jeffrey) on thermotropic mesogens based on carbohydrate amphiphiles. The different influences being responsible for the formation, stabilization, and for the type of the mesophases, such as the hydrogen bond network, the van der Waals interactions of the lipophilic chains, the regio- and stereochemical arrangements, and the molecular geometry are discussed more in detail. Furthermore, fluorinated sugars and selected inositol derivatives are involved in order to discuss the liquid crystalline behaviour of amphiphilic sugar mesogens.