Gainar, Adrian, Tzeng, Mei Chun, Heinrich, Benoît et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Incompatibility-Driven Self-Organization in Polycatenar Liquid Crystals Bearing Both Hydrocarbon and Fluorocarbon Chains. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. pp. 8817-8828. ISSN 1520-5207
Abstract
The synthesis and liquid crystal properties are reported for tri-and tetra-catenar mesogens in which both hydrocarbon and semiperfluorocarbon chains have been incorporated. In the tricatenar mesogens, the lamellar spacing in the smectic C phase of the all-hydrocarbon mesogen almost doubles when the isolated hydrocarbon chain is replaced by a semiperfluorinated chain on account of the localized segregation in different sublayers between the two chain types. In the tetracatenar materials, the replacement of at least one hydrocarbon chain by semiperfluorocarbon chains is sufficient to promote columnar phase formation, but when the molecule has two hydrocarbon chains at one end and two semiperfluorocarbon chains at the other, the requirement for localized phase segregation leads to the formation of a rectangular phase with very large lattice parameters. The juxtaposition of terminal chains of different nature within the same molecular structure thus leads to a reduction in mesophase symmetry and the emergence of more complex supramolecular organization.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2017 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:28 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b04490 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b04490 |
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