Incompatibility-driven self-organization in polycatenar liquid crystals bearing both hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon chains
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Author(s)
Gainar, Adrian
Tzeng, Mei-Chun
Heinrich, Benoit
Donnio, Bertrand
Bruce, Duncan W
Type
Journal Article
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.
Date Issued
2017-08-22
Date Acceptance
2017-07-21
Citation
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2017, 121 (37), pp.8817-8828
ISSN
1520-5207
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
8817
End Page
8828
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume
121
Issue
37
Copyright Statement
© 2017 American Chemical Society. This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Physical
Chemistry
PHASE-TRANSITION
SEMIFLUORINATED ALKANES
PERFLUORINATED SEGMENTS
MESOMORPHIC PROPERTIES
THERMOTROPIC LAMELLAR
FLUORINE SUBSTITUENT
BIFORKED MESOGEN
MOLECULAR DESIGN
CUBIC MESOPHASES
SMECTIC PHASES
Publication Status
Published