Pana, AmaliaAmaliaPanaChiriac, Florentina LauraFlorentina LauraChiriacSecu, MihailMihailSecuPasuk, IulianaIulianaPasukFerbinteanu, MarilenaMarilenaFerbinteanuMicutz, MarinMarinMicutzCircu, ViorelViorelCircu2019-10-312019-10-3120151477-9234DOI: 10.1039/c5dt01197chttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1550Dalton Transition, 2015, 44, pp. 14196-14199A new class of thermotropic lanthanido mesogens has been designed and prepared. They are based on 4-pyridone ligands that possess mesogenic cyanobiphenyl groups attached to the 4-pyridone unit via a flexible long alkyl spacer and show a very high thermal stability (decomposition temperatures near 300 °C). Depending on the alkyl length spacer, these complexes exhibit a SmA phase with transition temperatures influenced by the number of mesogenic groups employed and the spacer length.en-USLanthanide mesogensSynthesisChemical characterizationLuminescenceLCDsArticle