Self-assembly, molecular dynamics, and kinetics of structure formation in dipole-functionalized discotic liquid crystals |
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Authors: | Elmahdy Mahdy M Dou Xi Mondeshki Mihail Floudas George Butt Hans-Jürgen Spiess Hans W Müllen Klaus |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece. |
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Abstract: | The self-assembly, the molecular dynamics, and the kinetics of structure formation are studied in dipole-functionalized hexabenzocoronene (HBC) derivatives. Dipole substitution destabilizes the columnar crystalline phase except for the dimethoxy- and monoethynyl-substituted HBCs that undergo a reversible transformation to the crystalline phase. The disk dynamics are studied by dielectric spectroscopy and site-specific NMR techniques that provide both the time-scale and geometry of motion. Application of pressure results in the thermodynamic phase diagram that shows increasing stability of the crystalline phase at elevated pressures. Long-lived metastability was found during the transformation between the two phases. These results suggest new thermodynamic and kinetic pathways that favor the phase with the highest charge carrier mobility. |
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