“…Since the first H-bonded liquid crystalline (LC) material, 4-butoxybenzoic acid, was reported, a lot of H-bonded LC compounds have been documented; , in particular, supramolecular LC compounds forming an H-bond between a pyridine ring and a carboxyl group , attracted a great attention of materials scientists, chemists, physicists, and so on, because the control of H-bonded nanostructures is highly effective to create new functions. For example, highly preprogrammed H-bonded LC compounds show 1-D, 2-D, or 3-D ion conduction selectively, H-bonded columnar LC compounds exhibit unique dielectric properties, , H-bonding broadens the temperature range of LC phases, and H-bonding improves electro-optic responsivity. , …”