This work was supported by National Science Foundation of USA (DMR-0516602). The 1D X-ray diffraction research was carried out at the National Synchrotron Light Source in Brookhaven National Laboratory supported by the Department of Energy.
The phase behaviors and structures of a triphenylene-derived discotic liquid crystal (LC) hexa-n-octoxyl- triphenylene (C8HET) were studied using the combined techniques of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC...