Mesomorphism of Hybrid Siloxane-Triphenylene Star-Shaped Oligomers

Novel hybrid triphenylene-carbosiloxane liquid crystalline monomers and star-shaped oligomers have been synthesized and their thermal behavior and liquid-crystalline properties analyzed and characterized. All compounds exhibit a columnar hexagonal phase and show, particularly the oligomers, a small...

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Autores: Zelcer, Andrés, Donnio, Bertrand, Bourgogne, Cyril, Cukiernik, Fabio Daniel, Guillon, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/103316
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/103316
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:Novel hybrid triphenylene-carbosiloxane liquid crystalline monomers and star-shaped oligomers have been synthesized and their thermal behavior and liquid-crystalline properties analyzed and characterized. All compounds exhibit a columnar hexagonal phase and show, particularly the oligomers, a small tendency to crystallize. The substitution pattern on the central triphenylene moiety has very different effects on the crystal to columnar phase and columnar to isotropic liquid-phase transitions. A novel sterically induced superlattice has been found, and a model for the microscopic structure is proposed. One compound could be mechanically aligned, leading to well-oriented columnar liquid crystals.