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Geometrical shapes of the three main building blocks forming liquid crystalline phases: a) rod shaped, 4-cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl (5CB), b) disc shaped, benzene-hexa-n-alkanoate derivative, c) banana-shaped (or bent-core), 3:1,3-phenylene bis(4-(4-ethoxyphenyl) diazenyl) benzoate.
