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Viologen-based ionic liquid crystals: induction of a smectic A phase by dimerisation.
Girolamo CasellaValerio CausinFederico RastrelliGiacomo Saiellisubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationChemistryLiquid crystalsGeneral Physics and AstronomyIonic bondingViologenThermotropic crystalionic liquidsIonic liquid crystals viologen dimer smectic A phaseCrystallographychemistry.chemical_compoundphase transitionPhase (matter)Ionic liquidmedicineOrganic chemistryLiquid crystals; phase transition; ionic liquidsPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryAlkylSettore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisicamedicine.drugdescription
The stability of thermotropic ionic liquid crystals is essentially due to micro-phase segregation between the ionic heads and the long alkyl chains. Here we show, using newly synthesized viologen dimers, that the structure of the central core is another key parameter to play with in order to tune the mesomorphic behaviour. © 2014 the Owner Societies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-01 | Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP |