Assembling lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) through iπ–iπ interactions (IMAGE)

Ritsumeikan University

Assembling lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) through iπ–iπ interactions

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A hexagonal columnar liquid crystal phase was formed by pairing a porphyrin AuIII cation and a pentacyanocyclopentadienide (PCCp⁻) anion in water, stabilized by triethylene glycol (TEG) chains.

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Professor Hiromitsu Maeda at Ritsumeikan University

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