Phase behaviors of binary mixtures composed of electron-rich and electron-poor triphenylene discotic liquid crystals

An Lingling¹, Jing Min¹, Xiao Bo^{1, 2}, Bai Xiao-Yan¹, Zeng Qing-Dao², Zhao Ke-Qing^{1, †,}

Polarizing optical microscopic textures of hexa(alkoxy)triphenylene and their composites measured at cooling runs. (a) and (b) 1a and 1a–6 at 120 °C; (c) 1b at 85 °C; (d) 1b–6 at 115 °C; (e) 1c at 78 °C; (f) 1c–6 at 89 °C; (g) 1d at 54 °C; (h) 1d–6 at 40 °C; (i) 1e at 50 °C; (j) 1e–6 at 37 °C.