Dr. Dirk Blunk - Research on New Funtional Materials

45. Porada, J. H.; Neudoerfl, J.-M.; Blunk, D.: "Planar and distorted indigo as the core motif in novel chromophoric liquid crystals", New J. Chem. 2015, 39, 8291-8301. DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ01594D.

44. Grunzke, R.; Breuers, S.; Gesing, S.; Herres-Pawlis, S.; Kruse, M.; Blunk, D.; de la Garza, L.; Packschies, L.; Schäfer, P.; Schärfe, C.; Schlemmer, T.; Steinke, T.; Schuller, B.; Müller-Pfefferkorn, R.; Jäkel, R.; Nagel, W. E.; Atkinson, M.; Krüger, J.: "Standards-based metadata management for molecular simulations", Concurrency Computat.: Pract. Exper. 2013, 1744-1759. DOI: 10.1002/cpe.3116.

43. Gesing, S.; Grunzke, R.; Krüger, J.; Birkenheuer, G.; Wewior, M.; Schäfer, P.; Schuller, B.; Schuster, J.; Herres-Pawlis, S.; Breuers, S.; Balaskó,Á.; Kozlovszky, M.; Fabri, A.; Packschies, L.; Kacsuk, P.; Blunk, D.; Steinke, T.; Brinkmann, A.; Fels, G.; Müller-Pfefferkorn, R.; Jäkel, R.; Kohlbacher, O.: "A Single Sign-On Infrastructure for Science Gateways on a Use Case for Structural Bioinformatics", J. Grid Computing 2012, 10, 769-790. DOI: 10.1007/s10723-012-9247-y.

42. Bongartz, N.; Patil, R. P.; Stubenrauch, C.; Blunk, D.: "A New Fluorinated Inositol-Based Surfactant", Colloids Surf., A 2012, 414, 320-326. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.08.053.

41. Bruckner, J. R.; Krueerke, D.; Porada, J. H.; Jagiella, S.; Blunk D.; Giesselmann F.: "The 2D-correlated structures of a lyotropic liquid crystalline diol with a phenylpyrimidine core", J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 18198-18203. DOI: 10.1039/C2JM32868B.

40. Catanoiu, G.; Blunk, D.; Stubenrauch, C.: "Novel Ethoxylated Inositol Derivatives - Hybrid Carbohydrate / Oligoethylene Oxide Surfactants", J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2012, 371, 82-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.12.054.

39. Porada, J. H.; Neudörfl, J.; Blunk, D.: "Synthesis and supramolecular organization of 5-(4-alkylphenyl)isatin", Cryst. Growth Des. 2011, 11, 3648-3652. DOI: 10.1021/cg200700r.

38. Brombach, F.; Neudörfl, J. M.; Blunk, D.: "The Chiral Pool as Valuable Natural Source: New Chiral Mesogens Made from Lactic Acid", Mol.Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 2011, 542, 62-74. DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2011.569689.

37. Porada, J. H.; Blunk, D.: "Phasmidic indigoid liquid crystals", J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 2956-2958. DOI: 10.1039/b925049m.

36. Pérez-Ruiz, R.; Fichtler, R.; Diaz-Miara, Y.; Nicoul, M.; Schaniel, D.; Neumann, H.; Beller, M.; Blunk, D.; Griesbeck, A. G.; Jacobi von Wangelin, A.: "On the Photophysical Properties of New Luminol Derivatives and their Synthetic Phthalimide Precursors", J. Fluoresc. 2010, in print. DOI: 10.1007/s10895-010-0598-0.

35. Stubenrauch, C.; Claesson, P.M.; Rutland, M.; Manev, E.; Johansson, I.; Pedersen, J.S.; Langevin, D.; Blunk, D.; Bain, C. D.: "Mixtures of n-Dodecyl-ß-D-maltoside and Hexaoxyethylene Dodecyl Ether - Surface Properties, Bulk Properties, Foam Films, and Foams -", Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 2010, 155, 5-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2009.12.002.

34. Blunk, D.; Porada, J. H.: "Liquid Crystallinity and Supramolecular Organization of Regioisomeric Isatin Derivatives: An Experimental and Theoretical Study", ChemPhysChem 2009, 10, 3260-3264. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900649.

33. Schäfer, M.; Drayß, M.; Blunk, D.; Oomens, J.; Gao, B.; Wyttenbach, T.; Bowers, M.: "Systematic study of the structures of potassiated tertiary amino acids: Salt bridge structures dominate", J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 9543-9550. DOI: 10.1021/jp903036t.

32. Schäfer, M.; Drayß, M.; Blunk, D.; Purcell, J.; Hendrickson, C.; Marshall, A.; Mookherjee, A.; Armentrout, P.: "Kinetic Determination of Potassium Affinities by IRMPD: Elucidation of Precursor Ion Structures", J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 7779-7783. DOI: 10.1021/jp903232y.

31. Blunk, D.; Bongartz, N.; Stubenrauch, C.; Gärtner, V. "Syntheses, Amphitropic Liquid Crystallinity, and Surface Activity of New Inositol-Based Amphiphiles", Langmuir 2009, 25, 7872-7878. DOI: 10.1021/la900664r.

30. Drayß, M. K.; Blunk, D.; Oomens, J.; Polfer, N.; Schmuck, C.; Gao, B.; Wyttenbach, T.; Bowers, M. T.; Schäfer, M.: "Gas-Phase Structures of Solution-Phase Zwitterions: Charge Solvation or Salt Bridge?", Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2009, 281, 97-100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2008.12.011.

29. Drayss, M. K.; Blunk, D.; Oomens, J.; Schäfer, M.: "Infrared Multiple Photon Dissociation Spectroscopy
of Potassiated Proline", J. Phys. Chem. A 2008, 112, 11972-11974. DOI: 10.1021/jp809111b.

28. Griesbeck, A. G.; Höinck, L.-O.; Lex, J., Neudörfl, J.; Blunk, D.; El-Idreesy, T.: "1,2,5,8,9,12-Hexaoxadispiro[5.2.5.2]hexadecanes: Novel Spirofused Bis-Trioxane Peroxides", Molecules 2008, 13, 1743-1758. DOI: 10.3390/molecules13081743.

27. Pérez-Ruiz, R.; Hinze, O.; Neudörfl, J.-M.; Blunk, D.; Görner, H.; Griesbeck, A. G.: "Photochemistry of Allyloxybenzophenones: a Pseudo-Paternò-Büchi Rearrangement Accompanied by Hydrogen Transfer Induced 1,5-Cyclization", Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2008, 782-788. DOI: 10.1039/b807889k.

26. Catanoiu, G.; Gärtner, V.; Stubenrauch, C.; Blunk, D.: "A New Ethoxylated Inositol Surfactant", Langmuir 2007, 23, 12802-12805. DOI: 10.1021/la702596a.

25. Griesbeck, A. G.; Blunk, D.; El-Idreesy, T. T.; Raabe, A.: "Bicyclische Peroxide und Perorthoester mit 1,2,4-
Trioxanstruktur". Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 9040-9043. DOI: 10.1002/ange.200701397; Griesbeck, A. G.; Blunk, D.; El-Idreesy, T. T.; Raabe, A.: "Bicyclic Peroxides and Perorthoesters with 1,2,4-Trioxane Structures", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2007, 46, 8883-8886. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701397.

24. Blunk, D.; Tessendorf, R.; Buchavzov, N.; Strey, R.; Stubenrauch, C.: "Purification, Surface Tensions, and Miscibility Gaps of Alkyldimethyl and Alkyldiethylphosphine Oxides ". Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 2007, 10, 155-165. DOI: 10.1007/s11743-007-1030-x.

23. Blunk, D.; Bierganns, P.; Bongartz, N.; Tessendorf, R.; Stubenrauch, C.: "New specialty surfactants with natural structural motifs". New Journal of Chemistry 2006, 30, 1705-1717. DOI: 10.1039/b610045g

22. Blunk, D.: "Beiträge zur Flüssigkristallchemie". Thesis: Technische Universität Berlin. Dr. Dirk Blunk Verlag: Berlin, 1999; ISBN: 3-934445-00-4.

21. Usol'tseva, N.; Praefcke, K.; Smirnova, A.; Blunk, D.: "Comparative lyotropy study of homologous hexaesters of hexahydroxy-benzene and -cyclohexane (scyllitol) in linear and cyclic hydrocarbons: microsegregation and mesophase formation of discotics". Liquid Crystals 1999, 26, 1723-1734. DOI: 10.1080/026782999203346.

20. Blunk, D.; Praefcke, K.; Jachmann, M.; Horn, M.: "1,4-Diketopyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole: a novel core system for liquid crystals". Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 1998, 3319, (Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Structure), 20-23. DOI: 10.1117/12.301281.

19. Blunk, D.; Praefcke, K.; Vill, V.: "Amphotropic liquid crystals". Handbook of Liquid Crystals 1998, 3, 305-340.

18. Chandrasekhar, S.; Nair, G. G.; Rao, D. S. S.; Prasad, S. K.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "Schlieren textures in free-standing nematic films: evidence of biaxiality". Liquid Crystals 1998, 24, 67-70. DOI: 10.1080/026782998207587.

17. Chandrasekhar, S.; Nair, G. G.; Rao, D. S. S.; Prasad, S. K.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "A thermotropic biaxial nematic liquid crystal". Current Science 1998, 75, 1042-1046. Abstract.

16. Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.; Eckert, A.: "Helical-chiral triphenylene liquid crystals". Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 1998, 3319, (Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Structure), 2-7. DOI: 10.1117/12.301248.

15. Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.; Singer, D.; Goodby, J. W.; Toyne, K. J.; Hird, M.; Styring, P.; Norbert, W. D. J. A.: "Design of low-molar mass thermomesogens in the search for biaxial nematic liquid crystals". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1998, 323, 231-259. DOI: 10.1080/10587259808048444.

14. Praefcke, K.; Holbrey, J. D.; Usoltseva, N.; Blunk, D.: "Amphotropic Properties of multi-Palladium and -Platinum Liquid Crystals". In Dynamics and Defects in Liquid Crystals, Cladis, P. E.; Palffy-Muhoray, P., Eds. Gordon and Breach Science Publisher: Amsterdam, 1998; pp 123-139.

13. Praefcke, K.; Jachmann, M.; Blunk, D.; Horn, M.: "Novel family of liquid crystals based on a known biheterocyclic pigment material: mesomorphic derivatives of 2,5-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-dione". Liquid Crystals 1998, 24, 153-156. DOI: 10.1080/026782998207686.

12. Usol'tseva, N.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "Chiral order formation in lyomesomorphic compositions of non-chiral chemical compounds". Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 1998, 3319, (Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Structure), 319-325. DOI: 10.1117/12.301310.

11. Usol'tseva, N.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.; Smirnova, A.: "New case of spontaneous formation of chiral disc-like mesogens with alkanes". Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Seriya Fizicheskaya 1998, 62, 1642-1646.

10. Althoff, G.; Berardi, R.; Blunk, D.; Bruce, D. W.; Chandrasekhar, S.; Chrzanowska, A.; Dunmur, D. A.; Fan, S. M.; Galerne, Y.; Jackson, G.; Longa, L.; Luckhurst, G. R.; Martins, A. F.; McGrother, S. C.; Nordio, P. L.; Osipov, M.; Pasini, P.; Photinos, D. J.; Praefcke, K.; Romano, S.; Sarman, S.; Usoltseva, N.; Zannoni, C.: "Biaxial Nematics: Fact or Fiction - The Oxford Workshop". Liquid Crystals Today 1997, 7, 13-14. DOI: 10.1080/13583149708047689 .

9. Praefcke, K.; Eckert, A.; Blunk, D.: "Core-halogenated, helical-chiral triphenylene-based columnar liquid crystals". Liquid Crystals 1997, 22, 113-119 and ibid. 22, 757. DOI: 10.1080/026782997209478.

8. Praefcke, K.; Holbrey, J. D.; Usoltseva, N.; Blunk, D.: "Amphotropic properties of multi-palladium and -platinum liquid crystals". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1997, 292, 123-139. DOI: 10.1080/10587259708031924.

7. Sikharulidze, D.; Chilaya, G.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "First observation of an optically controlled electro-optic effect in nematic-discotic liquid crystals". Liquid Crystals 1997, 23, 439-442. DOI: 10.1080/026782997208352.

6. Usol'tseva, N.; Espinet, P.; Buey, J.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "Lyomesomorphic behavior of selected di-palladium organyls in hydrocarbons". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1997, 299, 457-465. DOI: 10.1080/10587259708042028.

5. Blunk, D.; Praefcke, K.; Legler, G.: "First liquid crystalline derivatives of umbelliferyl ß-D-glucoside". Liquid Crystals 1995, 18, 149-150. DOI: 10.1080/02678299508036603.

4. Blunk, D.; Praefcke, K.; Legler, G.: "A new family of carbohydrate liquid crystals. N-Alkylated 1-deoxynojirimycin derivatives". Liquid Crystals 1994, 17, 841-846. DOI: 10.1080/02678299408035476.

3. Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.; Hempel, J.: "News on inositol liquid crystals". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1994, 243, 323-352. DOI: 10.1080/10587259408037774.

2.        Miethchen, R.; Prade, H.; Holz, J.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "Amphiphilic fluoroglucose and fluoroscyllitol
           derivatives". Chemische Berichte 1993, 126, 1707-1712. DOI: 10.1002/cber.19931260730.

1.        Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "Novel inositol ethers: substitution pattern and stereochemistry versus liquid
           crystalline behavior". Liquid Crystals 1993, 14, 1181-1187. DOI: 10.1080/02678299308027826.


		Dr. Dirk Blunk University of Cologne Institute of Organic Chemistry
Welcome Hot Topic: Fire Fighting Foams Research objectives Projects Publications > Journals/Books > Patents > Talks > Poster Group Cooperations Contact Open positions		45. Porada, J. H.; Neudoerfl, J.-M.; Blunk, D.: "Planar and distorted indigo as the core motif in novel chromophoric liquid crystals", New J. Chem. 2015, 39, 8291-8301. DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ01594D. 44. Grunzke, R.; Breuers, S.; Gesing, S.; Herres-Pawlis, S.; Kruse, M.; Blunk, D.; de la Garza, L.; Packschies, L.; Schäfer, P.; Schärfe, C.; Schlemmer, T.; Steinke, T.; Schuller, B.; Müller-Pfefferkorn, R.; Jäkel, R.; Nagel, W. E.; Atkinson, M.; Krüger, J.: "Standards-based metadata management for molecular simulations", Concurrency Computat.: Pract. Exper. 2013, 1744-1759. DOI: 10.1002/cpe.3116. 43. Gesing, S.; Grunzke, R.; Krüger, J.; Birkenheuer, G.; Wewior, M.; Schäfer, P.; Schuller, B.; Schuster, J.; Herres-Pawlis, S.; Breuers, S.; Balaskó,Á.; Kozlovszky, M.; Fabri, A.; Packschies, L.; Kacsuk, P.; Blunk, D.; Steinke, T.; Brinkmann, A.; Fels, G.; Müller-Pfefferkorn, R.; Jäkel, R.; Kohlbacher, O.: "A Single Sign-On Infrastructure for Science Gateways on a Use Case for Structural Bioinformatics", J. Grid Computing 2012, 10, 769-790. DOI: 10.1007/s10723-012-9247-y. 42. Bongartz, N.; Patil, R. P.; Stubenrauch, C.; Blunk, D.: "A New Fluorinated Inositol-Based Surfactant", Colloids Surf., A 2012, 414, 320-326. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.08.053. 41. Bruckner, J. R.; Krueerke, D.; Porada, J. H.; Jagiella, S.; Blunk D.; Giesselmann F.: "The 2D-correlated structures of a lyotropic liquid crystalline diol with a phenylpyrimidine core", J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 18198-18203. DOI: 10.1039/C2JM32868B. 40. Catanoiu, G.; Blunk, D.; Stubenrauch, C.: "Novel Ethoxylated Inositol Derivatives - Hybrid Carbohydrate / Oligoethylene Oxide Surfactants", J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2012, 371, 82-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.12.054. 39. Porada, J. H.; Neudörfl, J.; Blunk, D.: "Synthesis and supramolecular organization of 5-(4-alkylphenyl)isatin", Cryst. Growth Des. 2011, 11, 3648-3652. DOI: 10.1021/cg200700r. 38. Brombach, F.; Neudörfl, J. M.; Blunk, D.: "The Chiral Pool as Valuable Natural Source: New Chiral Mesogens Made from Lactic Acid", Mol.Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 2011, 542, 62-74. DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2011.569689. 37. Porada, J. H.; Blunk, D.: "Phasmidic indigoid liquid crystals", J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 2956-2958. DOI: 10.1039/b925049m. 36. Pérez-Ruiz, R.; Fichtler, R.; Diaz-Miara, Y.; Nicoul, M.; Schaniel, D.; Neumann, H.; Beller, M.; Blunk, D.; Griesbeck, A. G.; Jacobi von Wangelin, A.: "On the Photophysical Properties of New Luminol Derivatives and their Synthetic Phthalimide Precursors", J. Fluoresc. 2010, in print. DOI: 10.1007/s10895-010-0598-0. 35. Stubenrauch, C.; Claesson, P.M.; Rutland, M.; Manev, E.; Johansson, I.; Pedersen, J.S.; Langevin, D.; Blunk, D.; Bain, C. D.: "Mixtures of n-Dodecyl-ß-D-maltoside and Hexaoxyethylene Dodecyl Ether - Surface Properties, Bulk Properties, Foam Films, and Foams -", Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 2010, 155, 5-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2009.12.002. 34. Blunk, D.; Porada, J. H.: "Liquid Crystallinity and Supramolecular Organization of Regioisomeric Isatin Derivatives: An Experimental and Theoretical Study", ChemPhysChem 2009, 10, 3260-3264. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900649. 33. Schäfer, M.; Drayß, M.; Blunk, D.; Oomens, J.; Gao, B.; Wyttenbach, T.; Bowers, M.: "Systematic study of the structures of potassiated tertiary amino acids: Salt bridge structures dominate", J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 9543-9550. DOI: 10.1021/jp903036t. 32. Schäfer, M.; Drayß, M.; Blunk, D.; Purcell, J.; Hendrickson, C.; Marshall, A.; Mookherjee, A.; Armentrout, P.: "Kinetic Determination of Potassium Affinities by IRMPD: Elucidation of Precursor Ion Structures", J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 7779-7783. DOI: 10.1021/jp903232y. 31. Blunk, D.; Bongartz, N.; Stubenrauch, C.; Gärtner, V. "Syntheses, Amphitropic Liquid Crystallinity, and Surface Activity of New Inositol-Based Amphiphiles", Langmuir 2009, 25, 7872-7878. DOI: 10.1021/la900664r. 30. Drayß, M. K.; Blunk, D.; Oomens, J.; Polfer, N.; Schmuck, C.; Gao, B.; Wyttenbach, T.; Bowers, M. T.; Schäfer, M.: "Gas-Phase Structures of Solution-Phase Zwitterions: Charge Solvation or Salt Bridge?", Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2009, 281, 97-100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2008.12.011. 29. Drayss, M. K.; Blunk, D.; Oomens, J.; Schäfer, M.: "Infrared Multiple Photon Dissociation Spectroscopy of Potassiated Proline", J. Phys. Chem. A 2008, 112, 11972-11974. DOI: 10.1021/jp809111b. 28. Griesbeck, A. G.; Höinck, L.-O.; Lex, J., Neudörfl, J.; Blunk, D.; El-Idreesy, T.: "1,2,5,8,9,12-Hexaoxadispiro[5.2.5.2]hexadecanes: Novel Spirofused Bis-Trioxane Peroxides", Molecules 2008, 13, 1743-1758. DOI: 10.3390/molecules13081743. 27. Pérez-Ruiz, R.; Hinze, O.; Neudörfl, J.-M.; Blunk, D.; Görner, H.; Griesbeck, A. G.: "Photochemistry of Allyloxybenzophenones: a Pseudo-Paternò-Büchi Rearrangement Accompanied by Hydrogen Transfer Induced 1,5-Cyclization", Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2008, 782-788. DOI: 10.1039/b807889k. 26. Catanoiu, G.; Gärtner, V.; Stubenrauch, C.; Blunk, D.: "A New Ethoxylated Inositol Surfactant", Langmuir 2007, 23, 12802-12805. DOI: 10.1021/la702596a. 25. Griesbeck, A. G.; Blunk, D.; El-Idreesy, T. T.; Raabe, A.: "Bicyclische Peroxide und Perorthoester mit 1,2,4- Trioxanstruktur". Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 9040-9043. DOI: 10.1002/ange.200701397; Griesbeck, A. G.; Blunk, D.; El-Idreesy, T. T.; Raabe, A.: "Bicyclic Peroxides and Perorthoesters with 1,2,4-Trioxane Structures", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2007, 46, 8883-8886. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701397. 24. Blunk, D.; Tessendorf, R.; Buchavzov, N.; Strey, R.; Stubenrauch, C.: "Purification, Surface Tensions, and Miscibility Gaps of Alkyldimethyl and Alkyldiethylphosphine Oxides ". Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 2007, 10, 155-165. DOI: 10.1007/s11743-007-1030-x. 23. Blunk, D.; Bierganns, P.; Bongartz, N.; Tessendorf, R.; Stubenrauch, C.: "New specialty surfactants with natural structural motifs". New Journal of Chemistry 2006, 30, 1705-1717. DOI: 10.1039/b610045g 22. Blunk, D.: "Beiträge zur Flüssigkristallchemie". Thesis: Technische Universität Berlin. Dr. Dirk Blunk Verlag: Berlin, 1999; ISBN: 3-934445-00-4. 21. Usol'tseva, N.; Praefcke, K.; Smirnova, A.; Blunk, D.: "Comparative lyotropy study of homologous hexaesters of hexahydroxy-benzene and -cyclohexane (scyllitol) in linear and cyclic hydrocarbons: microsegregation and mesophase formation of discotics". Liquid Crystals 1999, 26, 1723-1734. DOI: 10.1080/026782999203346. 20. Blunk, D.; Praefcke, K.; Jachmann, M.; Horn, M.: "1,4-Diketopyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole: a novel core system for liquid crystals". Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 1998, 3319, (Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Structure), 20-23. DOI: 10.1117/12.301281. 19. Blunk, D.; Praefcke, K.; Vill, V.: "Amphotropic liquid crystals". Handbook of Liquid Crystals 1998, 3, 305-340. 18. Chandrasekhar, S.; Nair, G. G.; Rao, D. S. S.; Prasad, S. K.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "Schlieren textures in free-standing nematic films: evidence of biaxiality". Liquid Crystals 1998, 24, 67-70. DOI: 10.1080/026782998207587. 17. Chandrasekhar, S.; Nair, G. G.; Rao, D. S. S.; Prasad, S. K.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "A thermotropic biaxial nematic liquid crystal". Current Science 1998, 75, 1042-1046. Abstract. 16. Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.; Eckert, A.: "Helical-chiral triphenylene liquid crystals". Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 1998, 3319, (Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Structure), 2-7. DOI: 10.1117/12.301248. 15. Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.; Singer, D.; Goodby, J. W.; Toyne, K. J.; Hird, M.; Styring, P.; Norbert, W. D. J. A.: "Design of low-molar mass thermomesogens in the search for biaxial nematic liquid crystals". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1998, 323, 231-259. DOI: 10.1080/10587259808048444. 14. Praefcke, K.; Holbrey, J. D.; Usoltseva, N.; Blunk, D.: "Amphotropic Properties of multi-Palladium and -Platinum Liquid Crystals". In Dynamics and Defects in Liquid Crystals, Cladis, P. E.; Palffy-Muhoray, P., Eds. Gordon and Breach Science Publisher: Amsterdam, 1998; pp 123-139. 13. Praefcke, K.; Jachmann, M.; Blunk, D.; Horn, M.: "Novel family of liquid crystals based on a known biheterocyclic pigment material: mesomorphic derivatives of 2,5-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-dione". Liquid Crystals 1998, 24, 153-156. DOI: 10.1080/026782998207686. 12. Usol'tseva, N.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.: "Chiral order formation in lyomesomorphic compositions of non-chiral chemical compounds". Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 1998, 3319, (Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Structure), 319-325. DOI: 10.1117/12.301310. 11. Usol'tseva, N.; Praefcke, K.; Blunk, D.; Smirnova, A.: "New case of spontaneous formation of chiral disc-like mesogens with alkanes". Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Seriya Fizicheskaya 1998, 62, 1642-1646. 10. Althoff, G.; Berardi, R.; Blunk, D.; Bruce, D. W.; Chandrasekhar, S.; Chrzanowska, A.; Dunmur, D. A.; Fan, S. M.; Galerne, Y.; Jackson, G.; Longa, L.; Luckhurst, G. R.; Martins, A. F.; McGrother, S. C.; Nordio, P. L.; Osipov, M.; Pasini, P.; Photinos, D. J.; Praefcke, K.; Romano, S.; Sarman, S.; Usoltseva, N.; Zannoni, C.: "Biaxial Nematics: Fact or Fiction - The Oxford Workshop". Liquid Crystals Today 1997, 7, 13-14. DOI: 10.1080/13583149708047689 . 9. Praefcke, K.; Eckert, A.; Blunk, D.: "Core-halogenated, helical-chiral triphenylene-based columnar liquid crystals". Liquid Crystals 1997, 22, 113-119 and ibid. 22, 757. DOI: 10.1080/026782997209478. 8. Praefcke, K.; Holbrey, J. D.; Usoltseva, N.; Blunk, D.: "Amphotropic properties of multi-palladium and -platinum liquid crystals". Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1997, 292, 123-139. DOI: 10.1080/10587259708031924. 7. 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