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Imidazolium-based liquid crystals: a modular platform for versatile new materials with finely tuneable properties and behaviour
Andreas TaubertDaniel GuillonLaurent DouceJean-moïse Suissesubject
Materials sciencebusiness.industryInstitut für Physik und AstronomieNew materialsNanotechnologyGeneral ChemistryModular designCondensed Matter PhysicsThermotropic crystalchemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryLiquid crystalIonic liquidMoleculeOrganic chemistryGeneral Materials ScienceLiquid Crystalline Materialsbusinessdescription
Ionic liquid Crystals constitute highly versatile materials that have drawn much interest these past few years in the fields of academic research and industrial development. In this respect, the present article is intended as an update of K. Binnemans review published in 2005, but focusing exclusively on the imidazolium cation - the most widely studied. Herein, imidazolium-containing thermotropic liquid crystalline materials will be sorted by molecular structure (mono-, bis-, poly-imidazolium compounds, with symmetrical and non-symmetrical structures) and discussed. Their physico-chemical properties will be exposed in order to adduce the relevancy and potential of the imidazolium platform in various fields of research.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-11-01 | Liquid Crystals |