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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Improving the mesomorphic behaviour of supramolecular liquid crystals by resonance-assisted hydrogen bonding

Christoph WölperSven KatherMichael PfletscherMarkus MezgerMichael GieseConstantin G. DaniliucMarco Saccone

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Materials scienceLiquid crystallineHydrogen bondChemieSupramolecular chemistry02 engineering and technologyGeneral ChemistryAtmospheric temperature range010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyRing (chemistry)Resonance (chemistry)01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesCrystallographyLiquid Crystals Hydrogen Bonding Structure-Property Supramolecular Chemistry intramolecularLiquid crystalIntramolecular forceMaterials ChemistrySettore CHIM/07 - Fondamenti Chimici Delle Tecnologie0210 nano-technology

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A systematic structure-property relationship study on hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals was performed, revealing the impact of resonance-assisted hydrogen bonds (RAHBs) on the self-assembling behavior of the supramolecular architecture. The creation of a six-membered intramolecular hydrogen-bonded ring acts as a counterpart to the self-organization between hydrogen bond donators and acceptors and determines thus the suprastructure. Variation of the hydrogen-bonding pattern allowed us to significantly improve the temperature range of the reported liquid crystalline assemblies.

https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tc02787d