@article { ISI:000333231700009,
	title = {Synthesis and characterization of azoxy based mesogenic diols},
	journal = {Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-Organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry},
	volume = {53},
	number = {3},
	year = {2014},
	month = {MAR},
	pages = {359-362},
	publisher = {COUNCIL SCIENTIFIC \& INDUSTRIAL RES},
	address = {ANUSANDHAN BHAWAN, 2 RAFI MARG, NEW DELHI, 110001, INDIA},
	abstract = {<p>Azoxy based rigid mesogenic diols have been synthesized using two steps. Phenol/cresol is used as starting material. Synthesized diols are characterized by IR, H-1 and C-13 NMR, and mass spectroscopic methods. Thermal properties have been determined by thermo gravimetric analysis method and crystallinity patterns have been obtained by wide angle X-ray diffiactogram. Substituted phenol (methyl) is used to study the effect of substitution on physical and thermal properties of rigid azoxy mesogenic diol. The detailed characterization of azoxy based rigid diols is reported in this communication, which is highly useful for fundamental and applied research, particularly in liquid crystals and liquid crystalline polymers. The experimental results reveal that phenol based rigid mesogenic diols have high thermal stability and degree of crystallinity than methyl substituted rigid mesogenic diols.</p>},
	keywords = {Azoxy, degree of crystallinity, diol, mesogen, phenol, thermal stability},
	issn = {0376-4699},
	author = {Mulani, Khudbudin Baban and Ganjave, Nitin V. and Chavan, Nayaku}
}
@article { ISI:000363841700011,
	title = {Synthesis and characterization of thermotropic liquid crystalline polyimides},
	journal = {Bulletin of Materials Science},
	volume = {38},
	number = {6},
	year = {2015},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {1553-1559},
	publisher = {INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES},
	address = {C V RAMAN AVENUE, SADASHIVANAGAR, P B \#8005, BANGALORE 560 080, INDIA},
	abstract = {<p>Non-symmetrical and linear dyad-based mesogens were synthesised containing imine or ester bridging group. In the present work, due to the absence of branching in diamine-based mesogen, the structure has-rigidity inversely imine/ester bridging groups between two benzene rings imparts-flexible property to the mesogen and consequently rigid-flexible property has been balanced. The synthesised mesogens were characterized by different techniques including nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) were synthesised using pyromellitic dianhydride and 4-[(4-aminobenzylidene)amino]aniline or 4-aminophenyl-4-aminobenzoate. Subsequently, thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers (TLCPs) have also been evaluated to obtain optical microscopy textures at different temperatures which demonstrated interesting and notable changes. It is worth noting that marble-like textures were observed upto 200A degrees C.</p>},
	keywords = {Diamine, liquid crystalline polymer, mesogen, optical microscopy textures, pyromellitic dianhydride},
	issn = {0250-4707},
	doi = {10.1007/s12034-015-0975-z},
	author = {Mane, Sachin and Rajan, C. R. and Ponrathnam, Surendra and Chavan, Nayaku}
}
