Cooperative Molecular Motion within a Self‐Assembled Liquid‐Crystalline Molecular Wire: The Case of a TEG‐Substituted Perylenediimide Disc

Always on the move : Molecular dynamics of perylene cores in columnar structures influences the processability and self‐healing of these materials. A combination of X‐ray scattering and advanced solid‐state NMR methods show that these systems have restricted angular mobility of the cores even in the frozen phase, and a cooperative spiral type of motion in the liquid crystalline phase (see picture).