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2. Thermotropic liquid crystals
2.1 Molecular structure of calamitic liquid crystals
The majority of liquid crystals used in the display industry are calamitic mesogens (from , Greek for reed), i.e. molecules with an elongated structure. There are other interesting classes of compounds, such as discotic mesogens (disk-shaped molecules) or mesogens with molecules with a curved structure, like that of a banana. Figure 2 shows an example of each of these molecular...
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