A partially crosslinked bicontinuous cubic phase exhibiting a temperature range of more than 100 °C

Abstract

A new methodology of partial crosslinking is presented for stabilizing the bicontinuous cubic phase without losing its dynamic nature. It was applied to a mixture of 1,2-bis[4′-(9′′-decenyloxy)benzoyl]hydrazine with a bi-functional linker, remarkably stabilizing the phase in comparison with the neat compound having no CC bond at the end of the alkyl tail.