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Hadjichristov GB, Marinov YG. Photoluminescent Thin Films of Room-Temperature Glassy Tris(keto-hydrozone) Discotic Liquid Crystals and Their Nanocomposites with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Optoelectronics. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:27102-27116. [PMID: 37546593 PMCID: PMC10398711 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c02103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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This study addresses the photoresponse of liquid-crystalline tris(keto-hydrozone) discotic (TKHD)-a star-shaped molecular structure with three branches. Object of our research interest was also TKHD filled with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) at a concentration of 1 wt %. At room temperature, the discotic liquid crystals in thin films (thickness 3 μm) of both TKHD and nanocomposite SWCNT/TKHD were in a glassy state. Such glassy thin films exhibited photoluminescence ranging from the deep-red to the near-infrared spectral region, being attractive for organic optoelectronics. The addition of SWCNTs to TKHD was found to stabilize the photoluminescence of TKHD, which is of significance for optoelectronic device applications. The photothermoelectrical response of highly conductive SWCNT/TKHD nanocomposite films was characterized by electrical impedance spectroscopy in the frequency range from 1 Hz to 1 MHz of the applied electric field. It was elucidated that the reversible photothermoelectrical effect in SWCNT/TKHD films occurs through SWCNTs and their network.
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- Georgi B. Hadjichristov
- Laboratory
of Optics & Spectroscopy, Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State
Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., Sofia BG-1784, Bulgaria
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- Laboratory
of Liquid Crystals & Biomolecular Layers, Georgi Nadjakov Institute
of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy
of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko
Chaussee Blvd., Sofia BG-1784, Bulgaria
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Shoji Y, Komiyama R, Kobayashi M, Kosaka A, Kajitani T, Haruki R, Kumai R, Adachi SI, Tada T, Karasawa N, Nakano H, Nakamura H, Sakurai H, Fukushima T. Collective bending motion of a two-dimensionally correlated bowl-stacked columnar liquid crystalline assembly under a shear force. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadg8202. [PMID: 37172082 PMCID: PMC10181172 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg8202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Stacked teacups inspired the idea that columnar assemblies of stacked bowl-shaped molecules may exhibit a unique dynamic behavior, unlike usual assemblies of planar disc- and rod-shaped molecules. On the basis of the molecular design concept for creating higher-order discotic liquid crystals, found in our group, we synthesized a sumanene derivative with octyloxycarbonyl side chains. This molecule forms an ordered hexagonal columnar mesophase, but unexpectedly, the columnar assembly is very soft, similar to sugar syrup. It displays, upon application of a shear force on solid substrates, a flexible bending motion with continuous angle variations of bowl-stacked columns while preserving the two-dimensional hexagonal order. In general, alignment control of higher-order liquid crystals is difficult to achieve due to their high viscosity. The present system that brings together higher structural order and mechanical softness will spark interest in bowl-shaped molecules as a component for developing higher-order liquid crystals with unique mechanical and stimuli-responsive properties.
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- Yoshiaki Shoji
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Open Facility Development Office, Open Facility Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Kyushu University Platform of Inter/Transdisciplinary Energy Research, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- Living Systems Materialogy (LiSM) Research Group, International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Nanocomposite system of a discotic liquid crystal doped with thiol capped gold nanoparticles. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Shoji Y, Kobayashi M, Kosaka A, Haruki R, Kumai R, Adachi SI, Kajitani T, Fukushima T. Design of discotic liquid crystal enabling complete switching between and memory of two alignment states over a large area. Chem Sci 2022; 13:9891-9901. [PMID: 36128239 PMCID: PMC9430577 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03677k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The alignment control of discotic columnar liquid crystals (LCs), featuring a low motility of the constituent molecules and thus having a large viscosity, is a challenging task. Here we show that triphenylene hexacarboxylic ester, when functionalized with hybrid side chains consisting of alkyl and perfluoroalkyl groups in an appropriate ratio, gives a hexagonal columnar (Colh) LC capable of selectively forming large-area uniform homeotropic or homogeneous alignments, upon cooling from its isotropic melt or upon application of a shear force at its LC temperature, respectively. In addition to the alignment switching ability, each alignment state remains persistent unless the LC is heated to its melting temperature. In situ X-ray diffraction analysis under the application of a shear force, together with polarized optical microscopy observations, revealed how the columnar assembly is changed during the alignment-switching process. The remarkable behavior of the discotic LC is discussed in terms of its rheological properties. A columnar liquid crystal consisting of a triphenylene hexacarboxylic ester mesogen and semifluoroalkyl side chains shows complete switching between homeotropic and homogeneous alignments, each of which remains persistent up to its melting point.![]()
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- Yoshiaki Shoji
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization 1-1 Oho Tsukuba 305-0801 Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization 1-1 Oho Tsukuba 305-0801 Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization 1-1 Oho Tsukuba 305-0801 Japan
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- Open Facility Development Office, Open Facility Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo Hyogo 679-5148 Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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Morillo N, Martínez-Haya B, Cuetos A. Tailoring the phase diagram of discotic mesogens. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:8693-8704. [PMID: 34519327 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00624j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The computational modelling of discotic molecules is a central topic in colloid science that is key for the smart design of a broad range of modern functional materials. This work lays out a versatile interaction model capable of exposing the rich mesogenic behaviour of discotics. A single coarse-grained spheroplatelet core framework is employed to generate a variety of pair interaction anisotropy classes, favouring specific relative orientations of the particles (stacked, side-side, crossed, T-shaped). This paves the way for the systematic tailoring of the discotic liquid phase diagram. Monte Carlo simulations are performed for an ensemble of case studies to illustrate the correlation between the topology of the interaction and the formation of stable nematic, smectic and columnar phases, as well as of less common cubatic, uniaxial and biaxial columnar domains.
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- Neftalí Morillo
- Department of Theoretical Physics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. de la Complutense S/N, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Pablo de Olavide University, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Pablo de Olavide University, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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Shete A, Nadaf S, Doijad R, Killedar S. Liquid Crystals: Characteristics, Types of Phases and Applications in Drug Delivery. Pharm Chem J 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11094-021-02396-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Garbovskiy Y. Conventional and unconventional ionic phenomena in tunable soft materials made of liquid crystals and nanoparticles. NANO EXPRESS 2021. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-959x/abe652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A great variety of tunable multifunctional materials can be produced by combining nanoparticles and liquid crystals. Typically, the tunability of such soft nanocomposites is achieved via external electric fields resulting in the field-induced reorientation of liquid crystals. This reorientation can be altered by ions normally present in liquid crystals in small quantities. In addition, nanomaterials dispersed in liquid crystals can also affect the behavior of ions. Therefore, an understanding of ionic phenomena in liquid crystals doped with nanoparticles is essential for future advances in liquid crystal-aided nanoscience and nanotechnology. This paper provides an overview of the ionic effects observed in liquid crystals doped with nanomaterials. An introduction to liquid crystals is followed by a brief overview of nanomaterials in liquid crystals. After giving a basic description of ions in liquid crystals and experimental methods to measure them, a wide range of ionic phenomena in liquid crystals doped with different types of nanomaterials is discussed. After that, both existing and emerging applications of tunable soft materials made of liquid crystals and nanodopants are presented with an emphasis on the role of ionic effects in such systems. Finally, the discussion of unsolved problems and future research directions completes the review.
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Min Y, Leng F, Machado BF, Lecante P, Roblin P, Martinez H, Theussl T, Casu A, Falqui A, Barcenilla M, Coco S, Martínez BMI, Martin N, Axet MR, Serp P. 2D and 3D Ruthenium Nanoparticle Covalent Assemblies for Phenyl Acetylene Hydrogenation. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yuanyuan Min
- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France
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- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France
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- LSRE‐LCM Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n 4200‐465 Porto Portugal
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- Centre d'élaboration des matériaux et d'études structurales UPR CNRS 8011 29 Rue Jeanne‐Marvig, BP 4347 31055 Toulouse France
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- Laboratoire de Génie Chimique and Fédération de Recherche FERMAT 31030 Toulouse France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour 64053 Pau France
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- Visualization Core Lab King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 23955‐6900 Thuwal Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division, NABLA Lab King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 23955‐6900 Thuwal Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division, NABLA Lab King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 23955‐6900 Thuwal Saudi Arabia
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- IU CINQUIMA/Química Inorgánica Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Valladolid 47071 Valladolid Spain
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- IU CINQUIMA/Química Inorgánica Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Valladolid 47071 Valladolid Spain
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- Departamento Química Orgánica Facultad C. C. Químicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid Spain
- Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Departamento Química Orgánica Facultad C. C. Químicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid Spain
- Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France
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- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France
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Belyaev VV, Solomatin AS, Margaryan H, Hakobyan N, Kumar S, Chausov DN, Belyaev AA, Smirnov AG, Gorbunov AA. Diffraction on periodic surface microrelief grating with positive or negative optical anisotropy. APPLIED OPTICS 2020; 59:8443-8449. [PMID: 32976430 DOI: 10.1364/ao.397133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Diffraction optical elements (DOE) are important elements of systems for images displaying and processing. The DOE materials with both positive and negative birefringence enhance performances and functionality of such systems. We have calculated the diffraction of rays passing through optically anisotropic grating with surface microrelief by using our original Exedeep software. At the first time the diffraction parameters for both transmitted and reflected TE- and TM-waves are calculated for materials with both positive and negative optical anisotropy. The simulation results are to be used to create DOE for the visible, UV, IR and THz ranges.
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Garbovskiy Y, Emelyanenko AV, Glushchenko A. Inverse "guest-host" effect: ferroelectric nanoparticles mediated switching of nematic liquid crystals. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:16438-16442. [PMID: 32756694 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05301e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Liquid crystals are widely used as a host matrix to embed different materials: dyes, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, various nanoparticles (metallic, semiconductor, ferromagnetic, ferroelectric). The usual approach is related to the so called "guest-host" effect: external electric (or magnetic) fields drive liquid crystals (host), and liquid crystals reorient embedded particles (guest). In this paper we report an experimental observation of the effect that is completely opposite to the classical "guest-host" phenomenon: ferroelectric nanoparticles being switched by an external field mediate the switching of liquid crystals. Our experiments show that ferroelectric nanoparticles reorient and hold liquid crystal molecules in a direction of the ferroelectric nanoparticles orientation even when an external electric field attempts to orient a liquid crystal in an orthogonal direction.
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- Y Garbovskiy
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 06050, USA.
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de Domingo E, Folcia CL, Ortega J, Etxebarria J, Termine R, Golemme A, Coco S, Espinet P. Striking Increase in Hole Mobility upon Metal Coordination to Triphenylene Schiff Base Semiconducting Multicolumnar Mesophases. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:10482-10491. [PMID: 32649199 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This paper reports the synthesis, liquid-crystal behavior, and charge-transport properties in the mesophase of triphenylene Schiff bases and their copper(II), nickel(II), and oxovanadium(IV) complexes. The thermal and electronic properties of the Schiff bases are modulated by coordination to the corresponding metal moieties, which have the ability to self-assemble into linear structures and help the alignment of the triphenylene columns. This produces two kinds of electronically nonconnected columnar regions, one purely organic and one more inorganic. The most remarkable effect is a striking charge mobility enhancement in the metal-containing mesophases, due to the contribution of the more inorganic columns: in comparison to values of hole mobility along the columnar stacking for the purely organic columnar mesophases, on the order of 10-7 cm2 V-1 s-1, these values jump to 1-10 cm2 V-1 s-1 in these hybrid inorganic/organic columnar materials.
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- Estela de Domingo
- IU CINQUIMA/Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, 47071 Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
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- Condensed Matter Physics, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Applied Physics II, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Condensed Matter Physics, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- LASCAMM CR-INSTM, CNR-Nanotec, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- LASCAMM CR-INSTM, CNR-Nanotec, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- IU CINQUIMA/Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, 47071 Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
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- IU CINQUIMA/Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, 47071 Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
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Investigation of the spectroscopic features along with the media polarity effect in some symmetrical disc-shaped liquid crystals. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Costa WC, Sandri C, de Quadros S, Silva AL, Eccher J, Zimmermann LM, Mora JR, Bock H, Bechtold IH. Stabilization of ZnO quantum dots by preferred 1:2 interaction with a liquid crystal molecule. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Shah A, Duponchel B, Gowda A, Kumar S, Becuwe M, Davoisne C, Legrand C, Douali R, Singh DP. Charge transport in phenazine-fused triphenylene discotic mesogens doped with CdS nanowires. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj03290e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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We report the synthesis of oleylamine capped CdS nanowires and we have dispersed a small optimized amount of these NWs in the Colh phase of a recently synthesized phenazine-fused-triphenylene discotic liquid crystal to understand the temperature-dependent charge transport.
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- Asmita Shah
- Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale
- UR 4476
- UDSMM
- Unité de Dynamique et Structure des Matériaux Moléculaires
- F-62228 Calais
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- Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale
- UR 4476
- UDSMM, Unité de Dynamique et Structure des Matériaux Moléculaires
- F-59140 Dunkerque
- France
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- Raman Research Institute
- Bangalore
- India
- Department of Chemistry
- Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT)
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- Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides (LRCS)
- UMR CNRS 7314
- Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)
- Amiens
- France
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- Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides (LRCS)
- UMR CNRS 7314
- Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)
- Amiens
- France
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- Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale
- UR 4476
- UDSMM
- Unité de Dynamique et Structure des Matériaux Moléculaires
- F-62228 Calais
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- Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale
- UR 4476
- UDSMM
- Unité de Dynamique et Structure des Matériaux Moléculaires
- F-62228 Calais
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- Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale
- UR 4476
- UDSMM
- Unité de Dynamique et Structure des Matériaux Moléculaires
- F-62228 Calais
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González-Martínez AD, Chávez-Rojo MA, Sambriski EJ, Moreno-Razo JA. Defect-mediated colloidal interactions in a nematic-phase discotic solvent. RSC Adv 2019; 9:33413-33427. [PMID: 35529161 PMCID: PMC9073280 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05377h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Interactions between colloidal inclusions dispersed in a nematic discotic liquid-crystalline solvent were investigated for different solute-solvent coupling conditions. The solvent was treated at the level of Gay-Berne discogens. Colloidal inclusions were coupled to the solvent with a generalized sphere-ellipsoid interaction potential. Energy strengths were varied to promote either homeotropic or planar mesogenic anchoring. Colloid-colloid interactions were modeled using a soft, excluded-volume contribution. Single-colloid and colloid-pair samples were evolved with Molecular Dynamics simulations. Equilibrium trajectories were used to characterize structural and dynamical properties of topological defects arising in the mesomorphic phase due to colloidal inclusions. Boojums were observed with planar anchoring, whereas Saturn rings were obtained with homeotropic anchoring. The manner in which these topological defects drive colloidal interactions was assessed through a free energy analysis, taking into account the relative orientation between a colloidal dyad and the nematic-field director. The dynamical behavior of defects was qualitatively surveyed from equilibrium trajectories borne from computer simulations.
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- Aurora D González-Martínez
- Departamento de Física, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa Avenida San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Colonia Vicentina, Delegación Iztapalapa Mexico City 09340 Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua Circuito Universitario #1 s/n, Nuevo Campus Universitario Chihuahua Chihuahua 31000 Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, Delaware Valley University Doylestown Pennsylvania 18901 USA
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa Avenida San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Colonia Vicentina, Delegación Iztapalapa Mexico City 09340 Mexico
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