TY - JOUR AB - The synthesis and characterisation of a novel non-symmetric liquid crystal dimer, 1-[3-O-(D-glucopyranos-3-yl)]-8-[(4-methoxyazobenzene-40-oxy)]octane is reported. This exhibits glassy behaviour and a highly interdigitated smectic A phase in which the aromatic and alkyl structural fragments overlap. Variable temperature infrared spectroscopy reveals that the strength and extent of hydrogen bonding within the system does not show a marked change at either the glass transition or at the smectic A-isotropic transition. This observation indicates that the smectic A-isotropic transition is driven by changes in the van der Waals interactions between the molecules while hydrogen bonded aggregates persist into the isotropic phase. AU - Cook,AG AU - Wardell,JL AU - Brooks,NJ AU - Seddon,JM AU - Martínez-Felipe,A AU - Imrie,CT DO - 10.1016/j.carres.2012.07.018 EP - 83 PY - 2012/// SP - 78 TI - Non-symmetric liquid crystal dimer containing a carbohydrate-based moiety T2 - Carbohydrate Research UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2012.07.018 VL - 360 ER -