Saez, I.M. and Goodby, J.W. (2003) Janus supermolecular liquid crystals- giant molecules with hemispherical architectures. Chemistry - A European Journal, 9 (20). pp. 4869-4877. ISSN 0947-6539
Abstract
Liquid crystals represent a unique class of self-organising systems, which although found in many day-to-day practical material applications, such as displays, are also intimately entwined with living processes. They have the potential, just like living systems, to provide us with a unique vehicle for the development of self-ordering nano- and mesoscopic-engineered materials with specific functional properties. In this article we describe a new concept for the design of self-assembling functional liquid crystals as segmented or Janus liquid-crystalline supermolecular materials in the form of structures that contain two different types of mesogenic units, which favour different types of mesophase structure, grafted onto the same star-shaped scaffold to create supermolecules that contain different hemispheres. The materials exhibit chiral nematic and chiral smectic C phases.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2009 10:08 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2009 10:08 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200305100 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/chem.200305100 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:5875 |