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. 2018 Oct 11;8(61):34937–34946. doi: 10.1039/c8ra07692h

Phase transition temperatures (°C), enthalpy of transitions (kJ mol−1) and transition entropies (J mol−1 K−1), of the 1 : 1 supramolecular complexes (In/IIm)a.

System T Cr1–Cr2 T Cr2–SmC ΔHCr2–SmC T SmC–N ΔHSmC–N ΔSSmC–N T N–I ΔHN–I ΔSN–I
I6/II8 106.3 153.2 37.1 230.6 5.7 12.6 245.7 3.1 6.2
I6/II10 91.3 149.4 40.5 232.5 3.6 7.9 244.4 3.0 5.9
I6/II12 126.3 136.9 29.8 231.9 3.9 8.2 236.7 2.7 5.5
I6/II14 118.8 133.8 32.0 229.5 2.8 5.8 235.4 2.0 3.9
I8/II8 104.4 149.4 33.8 191.0 4.1 8.8 229.4 2.8 5.6
I8/II10 104.0 135.0 32.9 204.4 3.0 6.3 230.0 2.2 4.3
I8/II12 104.4 133.2 27.2 205.6 2.1 4.4 223.0 1.8 3.6
I8/II14 105.0 123.5 39.0 206.8 2.9 6.0 221.3 2.1 4.2
I10/II8 126.3 152.5 41.1 193.0 4.6 9.9 240.7 2.3 4.5
I10/II10 131.9 141.9 29.5 199.0 2.0 4.2 236.1 1.7 3.3
I10/II12 111.3 131.9 34.5 210.0 3.6 7.5 230.0 2.3 4.6
I10/II14 114.2 128.2 32.8 215.6 2.5 5.1 231.3 2.0 4.0
I12/II8 103.1 153.6 39.7 198.0 3.8 8.1 234.4 2.4 4.7
I12/II10 112.5 138.8 31.9 202.0 3.7 7.8 229.3 2.7 5.4
I12/II12 118.1 134.4 38.2 205.0 3.1 6.5 225.0 2.2 4.4
I12/II14 122.0 135 31.5 212.0 2.7 5.6 220.1 1.9 3.9
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Abbreviations: TCr1–Cr2 = crystal to crystal transition; TCr2–SmC = crystal to smectic C phase transition; TSmC–N = smectic C to nematic transition; TN–I = nematic to isotropic liquid transition. ΔHCr2–SmC = crystal to smectic C phase transition; ΔHSmC–N = smectic C to nematic transition; ΔHN–I = nematic to isotropic liquid transition; ΔSSmC–N = smectic C to nematic transition; ΔSN–I = nematic to isotropic liquid transition.