Zeng, X., Prehm, M., Ungar, G. et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Formation of a Double Diamond Cubic Phase by Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Self-Assembly of Bundled Bolaamphiphiles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55 (29). pp. 8324-8327. ISSN 1433-7851
Abstract
A quaternary amphiphile with swallow-tail side groups displays a new bicontinuous thermotropic cubic phase with symmetry Pn3‾ m and formed by two interpenetrating networks where cylindrical segments are linked by H bonds at tetrahedral junctions. Each network segment contains two bundles, each containing 12 rod-like mesogens, lying along the segment axis. This assembly leads to the first thermotropic structure of the "double diamond" type. A quantitative geometric model is proposed to explain the occurrence of this rare phase.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | amphiphiles; block copolymers; liquid crystals; phase transitions; self-assembly |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number LEVERHULME TRUST (THE) RPG-2012-804 ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) EP/K034308/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2016 11:18 |
Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2016 16:19 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201602734 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/anie.201602734 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:100816 |