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Liquid-crystalline Kagome

  • Benjamin Glettner
  • , Feng Liu
  • , Xiangbing Zeng
  • , Marko Prehm
  • , Ute Baumeister
  • , Martin Walker
  • , Martin A. Bates
  • , Peter Boesecke
  • , Goran Ungar
  • , Carsten Tschierske
  • Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • University of Sheffield
  • University of York
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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Abstract

No place like kagome: A quaternary amphiphile displays a novel complex liquid-crystalline phase formed by a periodic array combining triangular and hexagonal cylinders, filled with hydrocarbon and fluorinated chains, respectively. This leads to a fluid nanoscale multicompartment structure with kagome geometry. The thickness of the intercompartment walls is equal to the width of the π-conjugated rods (shown as black lines). (Figure Presented)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9063-9066
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume47
Issue number47
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Nov 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Kagome structures
  • Liquid crystals
  • Nanostructures
  • Self-assembly
  • Soft matter

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