Göbl-Wunsch, A.Heppke, G.Hopf, R.2019-01-042019-01-0419810932-0784https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/8798http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-7927Several homologous series of biaromatic liquid crystals with structure type CnH2n+1O • C6H4 • M•C6H4-CN are investigated. By studying the phase transition temperatures in binary mixed systems a "re-entrant" nematic phase N(re) is established for all compounds exhibiting smectic A phases. The virtual transition temperatures N(re) - SA are found to decrease with increasing chain length of the alkyloxy group. The influence of the middle group M on the re-entrant behaviour can be attributed mainly to its dipole moment. The temperature range of the smectic A phase decreases when the middle group dipole moment is additive to that of the nitrile group. To summarize it can be said that the "re-entrant" behaviour of biaromatic liquid crystals is found to be very similar to that of triaromatic systems reported recently.de500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematiknematic phasehomologous biaromatic liquid crystalsArticle1865-7109