Liquid Organic Frameworks : A Liquid Crystalline 8-Connected Network with Body-Centered Cubic Symmetry

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Liquid state self-assembly is important for the understanding of the complex structures developed in abiogenesis and biogenesis as well as for numerous potential technological applications. Herein we report the first body-centered cubic liquid crystalline phase with 8-connected network topology and open octahedral network structure. It is formed by dynamic soft self-assembly of X-shaped polyphiles with oligo(para-phenylene-ethynylene) cores. The π-conjugated rods with perfluorinated inner benzene rings form networks conjoined by eight-way junctions, which are formed by nano-segregated spheres involving hydrogen-bonded polar end groups, while the branched aliphatic chains at opposite sides of the cores fill the continuum. This novel cubic phase is based on the I-WP minimal surface separating the frameworks of polyaromatic cores from the most disordered chain segments. It can also be considered as a dense sphere packing. Such liquid organic frameworks, representing hybrids of sphere packings and networks could be of interest for organic photonics and other technologies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 59(2020), 47 vom: 16. Nov., Seite 20820-20825

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Changlong [VerfasserIn]
Poppe, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Poppe, Silvio [VerfasserIn]
Tschierske, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cubic phases
Journal Article
Liquid crystals
Liquid organic frameworks
Networks
Self-assembly

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Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/anie.202008784

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312690940