TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional organic materials based on polymerized liquid-crystal monomers: supramolecular hydrogen-bonded systems
AU - Broer, D.J.
AU - Bastiaansen, C.W.M.
AU - Debije, M.G.
AU - Schenning, A.P.H.J.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Functional organic materials are of great interest for a variety of applications. To obtain precise functional properties, well-defined hierarchically ordered supramolecular materials are crucial. The self-assembly of liquid crystals has proven to be an extremely useful tool in the development of well-defined nanostructured materials. We have chosen the illustrative example of photopolymerizable hydrogen-bonding mesogens to show that a wide variety of functional materials can be made from a relatively simple set of building blocks. Upon mixing these compounds with other reactive mesogens, nematic, chiral nematic, and smectic or columnar liquid-crystalline phases can be formed that can be applied as actuators, sensors and responsive reflectors, and nanoporous membranes, respectively.
AB - Functional organic materials are of great interest for a variety of applications. To obtain precise functional properties, well-defined hierarchically ordered supramolecular materials are crucial. The self-assembly of liquid crystals has proven to be an extremely useful tool in the development of well-defined nanostructured materials. We have chosen the illustrative example of photopolymerizable hydrogen-bonding mesogens to show that a wide variety of functional materials can be made from a relatively simple set of building blocks. Upon mixing these compounds with other reactive mesogens, nematic, chiral nematic, and smectic or columnar liquid-crystalline phases can be formed that can be applied as actuators, sensors and responsive reflectors, and nanoporous membranes, respectively.
U2 - 10.1002/anie.201200883
DO - 10.1002/anie.201200883
M3 - Article
C2 - 22588947
SN - 0570-0833
VL - 51
SP - 7102
EP - 7109
JO - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
IS - 29
ER -