Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50473062, 50673069 & 50811140156)
The fluorophobic effect of the semi-fluorinated chain of discotic molecules efficiently improves the stability of columnar mesophase.Low symmetric discogens exhibit decreased melting points and wide mesophase ranges.A...
Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50473062, 50673069);Key Project of Natural Science of Sichuan Provincial Education Department (No. 07ZA093 );Scientific Research and Innovation Team Fund of Sichuan Normal University (No. 025156)
Molecular structures, reorganization energies and charge transport matrix elements of coronene and its fluoro-, hydroxyl- and sulfhydryl-substituted derivatives have been studied at the B3LYP/6-31G** level. Based on...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.50473062,50673069,and 50811140156)
Connecting two discotic mesogens via a spacer not only stabilizes the columnar mesophase but also leads to the formation of glass columnar phase, and therefore improves the physical properties of discotic liquid cryst...