3D Interconnected Ionic Nano-Channels Formed in Polymer Films: Self-Organization and Polymerization of Thermotropic Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystals
摘要:
Thermotropic bicontinuous cubic (Cub(bi)) liquid-crystalline (LC) compounds based on a polymerizable ammonium moiety complexed with a lithium salt have been designed to obtain lithium ion-conductive all solid polymeric films having 3D interconnected ionic channels. The monomer shows a Cub(bi) phase from -5 to 19 degrees C on heating. The complexes retain the ability to form the Cub(bi) LC phase. They also form hexagonal columnar (Col(h)) LC phases at temperatures higher than those of the Cub(bi) phases. The complex of the monomer and LiBF4 at the molar ratio of 4: 1 exhibits the Cub(bi) and Col(h) phases between -6 to 19 degrees C and 19 to 56 degrees C, respectively, on heating. The Cub(bi) LC structure formed by the complex has been successfully preserved by in situ photopolymerization through UV irradiation in the presence of a photoinitiator. The resultant nanostructured film is optically transparent and free-standing. The X-ray analysis of the film confirms the preservation of the self-assembled nanostructure. The polymer film with the Cub(bi) LC nanostructure exhibits higher ionic conductivities than the polymer films obtained by photopolymerization of the complex in the Col(h) and isotropic phases. It is found that the 3D interconnected ionic channels derived from the Cub(bi) phase function as efficient ion-conductive pathways.
A facile route to multi-functionalization of methyl gallate: pivotal synthons for mesomorphic materials
作者:Patrick Nguyen、Laurent Douce、Raymond Ziessel
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(02)01101-2
日期:2002.7
The preparation of mono-, di- and trisubstituted gallic derivatives is described using either 1-bromododecane or 12-bromo-1-dodecanol. After saponification of the methyl ester bearing the dodecanol groups, subsequent functionalization with methacryloyl chloride provides the hybrid methacrylate esters/anhydride species. Selective cleavage of the anhydride function gives rise to the corresponding acids, which have been further functionalized to the imine derivative 15 by condensation with 4-[imino-4-(toluyl)]phenol. This reaction is made possible using the acidic form of 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide (EDC.HCI) and dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP). Selective hydrolysis of the imine function with a HCl-treated silica provides the targeted aniline in excellent yield. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
An Enantiomeric Nanoscale Architecture Obtained from a Pseudoenantiomeric Aggregate: Covalent Fixation of Helical Chirality Formed in Self-Assembled Discotic Triazine Triamides by Chiral Amplification
the achiral triazine triamide soldier component is mixed with a tiny amount of the chiral triazine triamide sergeant component, control of the intrinsic supramolecular helicity of the self-assembled soldier component by the sergeant component leads to chiral amplification and formation of a pseudoenantiomeric aggregate with only one handedness of the helix. The helicity can be preserved by ring-closing
Thermotropic bicontinuous cubic (Cub(bi)) liquid-crystalline (LC) compounds based on a polymerizable ammonium moiety complexed with a lithium salt have been designed to obtain lithium ion-conductive all solid polymeric films having 3D interconnected ionic channels. The monomer shows a Cub(bi) phase from -5 to 19 degrees C on heating. The complexes retain the ability to form the Cub(bi) LC phase. They also form hexagonal columnar (Col(h)) LC phases at temperatures higher than those of the Cub(bi) phases. The complex of the monomer and LiBF4 at the molar ratio of 4: 1 exhibits the Cub(bi) and Col(h) phases between -6 to 19 degrees C and 19 to 56 degrees C, respectively, on heating. The Cub(bi) LC structure formed by the complex has been successfully preserved by in situ photopolymerization through UV irradiation in the presence of a photoinitiator. The resultant nanostructured film is optically transparent and free-standing. The X-ray analysis of the film confirms the preservation of the self-assembled nanostructure. The polymer film with the Cub(bi) LC nanostructure exhibits higher ionic conductivities than the polymer films obtained by photopolymerization of the complex in the Col(h) and isotropic phases. It is found that the 3D interconnected ionic channels derived from the Cub(bi) phase function as efficient ion-conductive pathways.