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Effect of central linkages on mesophase behavior of imidazolium-based rod-like ionic liquid crystals
Cheng, Xiaohong,Su, Fawu,Huang, Rong,Gao, Hongfei,Prehm, Marko,Tschierske, Carsten
, p. 2274 - 2285 (2012/06/30)
Two series of phenylbenzylether and benzanilide based rod-like imidazolium bromides and their nonionic precursors, the 1-phenyl-1H-imidazoles have been synthesized and the influence of the number and length of the alkyl chain(s) and the structure of the linking group in the aromatic core (-CH2O-, -COO-, -CONH-) on their mesophase self-assembly in ionic liquid crystalline phases were studied by POM, DSC and XRD. Upon decreasing the length of the N-terminal chain or by enlarging the number and length of the C-terminal chains, the sequence smectic (SmA)-hexagonal columnar (Colhex)-micellar cubic (CubI/Pm3n) was found for the ether based imidazolium salts; while only SmA and Colhex phases were observed for the related amides. The influence of the polarity of the central linkages, namely -CH 2O- and -CONH-, on the mesophase structure and stability is discussed and compared with related -COO- connected ILC.