Development of structural complexity by liquid‐crystal self‐assembly

C Tschierske - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of the liquid‐crystalline state of matter 125 years ago, this field has
developed into a scientific area with many facets. This Review presents recent …

Mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline polymers

XF Chen, Z Shen, XH Wan, XH Fan, EQ Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review covers the recent progress in the research of mesogen-jacketed liquid
crystalline polymers (MJLCPs), special side-on side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with …

Micro-segregation, molecular shape and molecular topology–partners for the design of liquid crystalline materials with complex mesophase morphologiesBasis of a …

C Tschierske - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2001 - pubs.rsc.org
This article gives an overview of recent progress in the design of novel materials, capable of
forming liquid crystalline phases with non-conventional mesophase morphologies. The …

6 Non-conventional soft matter

C Tschierske - Annual Reports Section" C"(Physical Chemistry), 2001 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly and self-organisation represent powerful tools for the programmed
generation of supramolecular materials with well-defined structures. 1 They involve the …

Calamitic bolaamphiphiles with (semi) perfluorinated lateral chains: polyphilic block molecules with new liquid crystalline phase structures

X Cheng, M Prehm, MK Das, J Kain… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Novel bolaamphiphiles consisting of a rigid biphenyl unit, two terminal polar 1, 2-diol units
and laterally attached (semi) perfluorinated chains have been synthesized via palladium …

Design of liquid crystalline block molecules with nonconventional mesophase morphologies: Calamitic bolaamphiphiles with lateral alkyl chains

M Kölbel, T Beyersdorff, XH Cheng… - Journal of the …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Novel bolaamphiphiles, consisting of a biphenyl rigid core, polar 2, 3-dihydroxypropoxy
groups at each terminal end, and an additional long alkyl chain in a lateral position have …

Directed Self‐Assembly of Liquid‐Crystalline Molecular Building Blocks for Sub‐5 nm Nanopatterning

K Nickmans, APHJ Schenning - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The thin‐film directed self‐assembly of molecular building blocks into oriented nanostructure
arrays enables next‐generation lithography at the sub‐5 nm scale. Currently, the fabrication …

[PDF][PDF] Sub-5 nm patterning by directed self-assembly of oligo (dimethylsiloxane) liquid crystal thin films

K Nickmans, JN Murphy, SAJ de Waal… - Advanced …, 2016 - research.tue.nl
Sub‐5 nm Patterning by Directed Self‐Assembly of Oligo(Dimethylsiloxane)
Liquid Crystal Thin Films Page 1 Sub-5 nm patterning by directed self-assembly of oligo(Dimethylsiloxane) …

Molecular weight dependence of phase structures and transitions of mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline polymers based on 2-vinylterephthalic acids

C Ye, HL Zhang, Y Huang, EQ Chen, Y Lu… - …, 2004 - ACS Publications
The phase structures and transition behaviors of a series of mesogen-jacketed liquid
crystalline (LC) polymers, poly {2, 5-bis [(4-methoxyphenyl) oxycarbonyl] styrenes}(PMPCS) …

Self‐Assembly at Different Length Scales: Polyphilic Star‐Branched Liquid Crystals and Miktoarm Star Copolymers

G Ungar, C Tschierske, V Abetz… - Advanced Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The diversity of phase morphologies observed recently in star‐branched liquid‐crystalline
and polymeric compounds containing at least three immiscible segments is reviewed …