Liquid crystalline silicon-containing oligomers

Liquid crystalline siloxane oligomers containing methoxyphenylbenzoate mesogens were carried out by a hydrosilylation of cyclo[octa(methylhydrosiloxanes)] and octakis(dimethylsiloxy)silsesquioxanes. The set of oligomers with the same type of mesogenic groups but with different structure siloxane cores gave a unique opportunity to study LC properties and structure relationships.