Claims
- 1. A method of using a mesogen having along axis and a terminal portion which contains a hydrogen bondable group at the end thereof to prepare solid mesogenic complexes consisting of hydrogen bonding said mesogen to a second mesogen having a long axis and a terminal portion which contains a hydrogen bondable group at the end thereof, wherein (i) the hydrogen bond is formed sufficiently along the long axes of the two mesogens that the resultant complex exhibits an isotropization temperature which is in excess of the isotropization temperatures of both said mesogen and said second mesogen, (ii) the two mesogens are different chemical species which contain different functional groups which act as H-bond donor and H-bond acceptor, and (iii) the hydrogen bond is formed between said different functional groups.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the H-bond donor mesogen contains a hydrogen-bond forming group of the formula -(Q--H) at the end of its mesogenic portion; Q is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur; and H is hydrogen.
- 3. The method of claim 2, wherein -(Q--H) is selected from the group consisting of --O--H and >N--H.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the H-bond acceptor mesogen contains a hydrogen bond forming atom -Z located at an end of the mesogen and chemically bonded thereto, wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, fluorine, and chlorine.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein (i) the H-bond donor mesogen contains a group of the formula -(Q--H), wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, and H is hydrogen, and (ii) the H-bond acceptor mesogen contains a hydrogen bondable atom -Z chemically bonded thereto and selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, fluorine, and chlorine.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of copending application Ser. No. 07/354,477 filed on May 19, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,037,547.
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