Hierarchy of Order in Liquid Crystalline Polycaps

When outfitted with long alkyl chains , polycaps, capsules along a polymer chain, spontaneously organize themselves into a two-dimensional liquid crystalline phase. Further organization results from shearing or pulling the liquid crystalline samples, producing three-dimensional assemblies of micrometer-wide, infinitely long fibers (see schematic representation).     

Thermotropic Liquid Crystals Formed by Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding Interactions

The role of hydrogen bonding in the formation or stabilization of liquid crystalline phases has only recently been appreciated. Following the first, wellestablished examples of liquid crystal formation from the dimerization of aromatic carboxylic acids, through hydrogen bonding, several classes of compounds have recently been synthesized, the liquid crystalline behavior of which is also dependent on intermolecular hydrogen bonds between similar or dissimilar molecules. In this review the main classes of compounds exhibiting liquid crystallinity due to hydrogen bonding are presented to show the diversity of organic compounds that can be used as building elements in liquid crystals. The molecules are either of the rigid-rod anisotropic or amphiphilic types such as molecules appropriately functionalized with pyridyl and carboxyl groups, whose interaction leads to the formation of liquid crystals; amphiphilic carbohydrates and amphiphilic and bolaamphiphilic compounds with multiple hydroxyl groups whose dimerization or association is indispensable for the formation of liquid crystals; and certain amphiphilic carboxylic acids with monomeric or polymeric mesogens and amphiphilic-type compounds bearing different moieties, whose interaction may lead to the formation of mesomorphic compounds. Associated with the macroscopic display of liquid crystalline phases is the supramolecular structure, and therefore rather extended discussion of these structures are included in this review.     

Exploiting Host–Guest Interactions for the Synthesis of a Rod–Rod Block Copolymer with Crystalline and Liquid‐Crystalline Blocks

By making use of the host–guest interactions between the host molecule tris‐o‐phenylenedioxycyclotriphosphazene (TPP) and the rod–coil block copolymer (BCP) poly(ethylene oxide)‐block‐poly(octyl 4′‐octyloxy‐2‐vinylbiphenyl‐4‐carboxylate) (PEO‐b‐PVBP), the supramolecular rod–rod block copolymer P(EO@TPP)‐b‐PVBP was constructed. It consists of a crystalline segment P(EO@TPP) with a hexagonal crystalline structure and a columnar nematic liquid‐crystalline segment (PVBP). As the PVBP segments arrange themselves as columnar nematic phases, the crystalline structure of the inclusion complex P(EO@TPP), which has a smaller diameter, is destroyed. The self‐assembled nanostructure is thus clearly affected by the interplay between the two blocks. On the basis of wide‐ and small‐angle X‐ray scattering analysis, we conclude that the supramolecular rod–rod BCP can self‐assemble into a cylinder‐in‐cylinder double hexagonal structure.     

非传统型液晶分子设计与工程研究进展

从液晶基元连接方式、液晶分子拓扑结构以及凝聚态自组织方式等方面扼要介绍和评述了非传统型液晶分子设计与工程研究进展,并重点介绍了可望引起液晶显示技术革命的双轴向列相香蕉形液晶研究的突破性工作,展望了非传统型液晶分子设计和复杂自组织超分子液晶领域今后的发展方向。     

Breaking the Mold of Discotic Liquid Crystals

Small molecules of the indene and pseudoazulene type like 1 and 2 form columnar mesophases! These compounds do not possess peripheral flexible chains like conventional columnar liquid crystals. Instead, polarizable chlorine and sulfur atoms, as well as the polar cyano group, function as unusual soft regions between the rigid columns.     

组装合成超分子液晶聚合物动态功能材料

从电荷转移相互作用。离子相互作用及氢键组装三个方面综述了通过分子自组装合成超分子液晶聚合物近年来的最新研究成果。总结 阴谋家类体系作为动态功能材料在器件化及应用方面所取得的重要进展，并展望了这一领域今后的发展方向。     

含甲氧基偶氮苯液晶基元超分子的相行为研究

氢键是分子聚集和识别过程中的重要相互作用,利用分子间氢键,可设计并制备各种超分子体系材料,1989年,Kato等报道了吡啶基和羧酸基通过分子间氢键相互作用形成扩展液晶基元,得到了液晶稳定性增强的超分子液晶复合体系及侧链超分子液晶聚合物;同时,Lehn等报道了带脲嘧啶基和2,6-二酰胺吡啶基两种互补官能团的分子通过三重氢键缔合形成的主链超分子液晶。从此,迅速而广泛的开展利用氢键组装的超分子液晶体系的研究,并已组装合成出低分子型、     

π-Stacked ortho-Palladated Bipyridine Complexes Exhibiting Unusual Liquid Crystalline Behavior

A columnar structure with lamellar morphology in the liquid crystalline state is displayed by the palladium complex salt 1 , which is synthesized from nonmesogenic ligands.     

Cubic and Columnar Supramolecular Architectures of Rod–Coil Molecules in the Melt State

The liquid crystalline behavior of compounds 1 (n = 7, 12, 15) differs significantly from that exhibited for conventional rodlike molecules. They organize into layered smectic, bicontinuous cubic or hexagonal columnar mesophases depending on the temperature or the volume fraction of coil segments.     

Advanced Materials: Trends and Possibilities in Liquid Crystalline Polymers

During the past ten years there has been a sharp increase in interest in the opportunities afforded by R & D in the field of specialty polymers. Interest is mainly being shown in two distinct categories of polymers, namely, (a) polymers which are used in very small quantities to fulfill critical needs as a part of device system, and (b) high-performance engineering polymers which significantly extend their mechanical and thermal properties for structural applications. The first category ranges from advanced resists and insulating layers for microelectronic devices to membranes for filtration systems. The second category encompasses improved matrices for advanced composites as well as liquid crystalline polymers. In the present paper an overview is first given of the emerging opportunities for advanced materials and particularly specialty polymers. The status of work on liquid crystalline copolyesters is then discussed with special emphasis on one of the major problems confronting this field, namely interpreting the microstructure of the copolyesters.     

Encapsulation of Triphenylene Derivatives in the Hexanuclear Arene Ruthenium Metallo‐Prismatic Cage [Ru6(p‐PriC6H4Me)6(tpt)2(dhbq)3]6+ (tpt = 2,4,6‐tri(pyridin‐4‐yl)‐1,3,5‐triazine,dhbq = 2,5‐dihydroxy‐1,4‐benzoquinonato)

A large cationic triangular metallo‐prism, [Ru₆(p‐PrⁱC₆H₄Me)₆(tpt)₂(dhbq)₃]⁶⁺ ( 1 )⁶⁺, incorporating p‐cymene ruthenium building blocks, bridged by 2,5‐dihydroxy‐1,4‐benzoquinonato (dhbq) ligands, and connected by two 2,4,6‐tri(pyridin‐4‐yl)‐1,3,5‐triazine (tpt) subunits, allows the permanent encapsulation of the triphenylene derivatives hexahydroxytriphenylene, C₁₈H₆(OH)₆ and hexamethoxytriphenylene, C₁₈H₆(OMe)₆. These two cationic carceplex systems [C₁₈H₆(OH)₆⊂ 1 ]⁶⁺ and [C₁₈H₆(OMe)₆⊂ 1 ]⁶⁺ have been isolated as their triflate salts. The molecular structure of these systems has been established by one‐dimensional ¹H ROESY NMR experiments as well as by the single‐crystal structure analysis of [C₁₈H₆(OMe)₆⊂ 1 ][O₃SCF₃]₆.     

Anthraquinone‐2,6‐disulfonate as Versatile Ligand for the Synthesis of Hydrogen‐Bonded Supramolecules

The reactions of anthraquinone‐2,6‐disulfonic acid disodium salt (Na₂a‐2,6‐dad) with Cu^II, Mn^II, and Zn^II with 1,10‐phenanthroline (phen) or 2,2′‐dipyridyl (bipy) under hydrothermal conditions formed two or three‐dimensional supramolecules of stoichiometries [Cu(a‐2,6‐dad)(phen)(H₂O)₃](H₂O)₄ ( 1 ), [Mn(a‐2,6‐dad)(bipy)₂(H₂O)](H₂O)₂ ( 2 ), and [Zn(a‐2,6‐dad)(bipy)₂(H₂O)](H₂O)₂ ( 3 ), which were synthesized and characterized. The arrangement around each metal atom is distorted octahedral. The ligands in all the compounds are engaged in intermolecular hydrogen bonding leading to the formation of hydrogen‐bonded networks, the compounds show novel π–π stacking interactions. Photoluminescence measurements indicate that the compound [Zn(a‐2,6‐dad)(bipy)₂(H₂O)](H₂O)₂ ( 3 ) shows strong blue luminescence in the solid state at room temperature.     

一个判别液晶聚合物状态的新方法

伴随液晶相转变而产生的转变焓、转变熵可提供有关各相的结构、状态及有序度等信息.本文从动力学、热力学角度分析了液晶聚合物从各向同性熔体冷却时系统的热熵变化,建立了液晶聚合物升降温过程中的热熵图,提出了定量判断液晶聚合物从各向同性熔体冷却后所处状态的新方法.     

Crystalline Materials with Large Channels or Cavities – Synthesis and Crystal Structure of an Iron(III) tetra(4‐carboxyphenyl)‐porphine

Tetra(4‐carboxyphenyl)‐porphine iron(III) chloride · 2 CH₃COOH · 4 H₂O ( 1 ) was prepared via a hydrothermal synthesis approach starting from FeCl₂ and 5,10,15,20‐tetrakis‐(4‐carboxyphenyl)‐21 H,23 H‐porphine in glacial acetic acid in the presence of KOH as a base and ytterbium(III) acetate as a template. Compound 1 was characterized by single crystal X‐ray diffraction and elemental analysis. Space group: P 1, Z = 2, unit cell dimensions at 200 K: a = 9.282(2), b = 20.239(5), c = 22.239(5) Å, α = 92.49(3), β = 99.87(3), γ = 90.78(3)°, R₁ (observed) = 0.132, wR₂ (all data) = 0.395. The architecture of the structure is determined by interporphyrin hydrogen bonding. Four iron porphyrin units form a very wide open channel with dimensions of circa 15.7 Å × 15.7 Å. No interpenetrating is observed.     

固化剂对双介晶基元液晶环氧树脂相结构和热性能的影响

以芳香二胺（SAA）、酸酐（THPA）和叔胺（DMAP）为固化剂,固化偶氮类双介晶基元液晶环氧树脂,采用偏光显微镜和X射线衍射研究了固化剂对液晶热固体相结构产生的影响。DMAP催化环氧自聚固化,有利于液晶分子的有序排列,易于形成梯形结构,可以得到近晶相的固化产物。SAA在较低温度下固化时也得到近晶相结构,但在较高温度固...     

T-型氢键液晶复合物的制备与液晶行为

以不具有液晶行为的2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶(A系列)和4-正烷氧基苯甲酸(D系列)作为氢键液晶复合物的单体,组装成T-型氢键液晶系列复合物(AmDn)。用红外光谱对其结构进行了表征,用DSC及偏光显微方法对其液晶行为进行了研究。结果表明:所合成的21种复合物分子间存在氢键且都具有向列相。通过调整2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶分子上柔性烷基的长度和极性,可以有效地调节它与4-烷氧基苯甲酸形成的氢键复合物的液晶相变温度以及液晶态的稳定性;增加2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶分子上柔性烷基的长度,其复合物AmDn的液晶相温度范围趋于变窄,清亮点逐渐下降,其液晶态稳定性也逐渐下降;以2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶分子替代2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷氧基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶分子,可以降低分子的极性,使其单体的熔点及其氢键复合物AmDn的相变温度下降。     

A New Strategy for the Destabilization of Double-Stranded Nucleic Acids by Phenylalkylamine Derivatives

Drastic reduction in the melting points indicates considerable destabilization of double-stranded (ds) nucleic acids by stabilization of unfolded polymer parts with phenylalkylamine derivatives. These ligands cannot intercalate into ds duplex forms, but can stack with unfolded parts if the spacers separating the phenyl rings have the appropriate length.     

单臂冠醚的结构与液晶性质

设计并合成了３个低温冠醚液晶－单臂脂环冠醚液晶，考察了冠醚结构与液晶性质的关系，单臂冠醚液晶分子具有液晶蛋白质应满足长径比大于３，分子具有一定的平面特性和能通过引入手性基团使单臂冠醚液晶分子产生手性近晶相等条件。     

偶氮苯和氧化偶氮苯液晶基元侧链聚硅氧烷液晶的合成和性能研究

利用侧链带酰氯基的聚硅氧烷与取代偶氮苯酚进行大分子反应,合成了6种以偶氮苯氧羰基为侧链的聚硅氧烷Ⅲ_a-f;将其中的Ⅲ_a-c进行氧化,得到3种以氧化偶氮苯氧羰基为侧链的聚硅氧烷Ⅳ_a-c聚合物结构通过核磁共振、红外光谱和元素分析表征,利用偏光显微镜和差热分析仪研究了聚合物的相行为.讨论了苯环上取代基和液晶基元的中心桥键对聚合物液晶性能的影响.     

Theoretical Study on the Dual Behavior of XeO3 and XeF4 toward Aromatic Rings: Lone Pair–π versus Aerogen–π Interactions

In this study, several lone pair–π and aerogen–π complexes between XeO₃ and XeF₄ and aromatic rings with different electronic natures (benzene, trifluorobenzene, and hexafluorobenzene) are optimized at the RI‐MP2/aug‐cc‐pVTZ level of theory. All complexes are characterized as true minima by frequency analysis calculations. The donor/acceptor role of the ring in the complexes is analyzed using the natural bond orbital computational tool, showing a remarkable contribution of orbital interactions to the global stabilization of the aerogen–π complexes. Finally, Bader's AIM analysis of several complexes is performed to further characterize the lone pair–π and aerogen–π interactions.