Toward well-organised ionic discotic liquid crystals via versatile supramolecular approach. Issue 9 (15th July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mu, Bin; Chen, Keyang; Chen, Jian; Fang, Jianglin; Chen, Dongzhong
• Is Part Of: Liquid crystals. Volume 45:Issue 9(2018)
• Page Start: 1287
• Page End: 1293
• Publication Date: 2018-07-15
• Subjects: Discotic liquid crystal -- crown ether -- ionic complex -- supramolecular assembly -- host–guest interaction -- ordered columnar structure; Liquid crystals -- Periodicals; 548.905
• DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2018.1432085
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0267-8292

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Various ordered structures of crystalline three-dimensional (3D) cubic, 2D columnar or 1D lamellar mesophases have been facilely achieved through host–guest interactions of electrically neutral host tris(18-crown-6)triphenylene and guest potassium sulfonates with alkyl tails of variant number and length. The convenient construction of functionalised ionic complexes and the flexibility of such a supramolecular approach offer a wide variety of possibilities to prepare various ordered functional soft materials, especially those in their 2D ordered columnar liquid crystalline mesophases may serve as promising electron and ion dual-channel transport organic electronic materials. Graphical Abstract: