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. 2021 Oct 24;26(21):6416. doi: 10.3390/molecules26216416

Table 1.

Phase transition temperatures (°C) and (enthalpy of transitions in kJ/mol) of Tn.

Compounds T Cr-SmA T Cr-N T SmA-N T SmA-I T N-I TSmA-N TSmA TN
T6 110.5 (40.56) - - 164.4 (1.46) - - 53.9
T8 77.8 (34.43) - 101.6 (1.55) - 153.1 (1.23) 23.8 - 51.5
T10 79.3 (37.03) - 118.9 (1.43) - 149.7 (1.31) 39.6 - 30.8
T12 80.4 (55.4) - 131.2 (1.91) - 153.1 (1.44) 50.8 - 21.9
T14 88.9 (53.22) - 137.2 (2.18) - 142.9 (1.74) 48.3 - 5.7
T16 92.9 (57.51) - - 139.5 (2.07) - - 46.6 -

Cr-SmA = crystal to the SmA mesophase; Cr-N = crystal to the N mesophase; SmA-N = SmA to the N mesophase; SmA-I = SmA to the isotropic mesophase; N-I = nematic to the isotropic mesophase.