Issue 61, 2018, Issue in Progress

Mesophase behavior of new linear supramolecular hydrogen-bonding complexes

Abstract

Thermal and mesophase behavior of four new series of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular complexes (In/IIm) were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and phases identified by polarized light microscopy. All hydrogen-bonded complexes formed from 4-alkoxyphenylazobenzoic acid (In) and 4-(4′-pyridylazophenyl)-4′′-alkoxybenzoates (IIm). The results revealed that the prepared complexes are dimorphic, possessing smectic C and nematic phases. The comparison, made between the present series and previously investigated simpler, In/IIIm and angular, In/IVm analogues, revealed that increasing the length of the mesogenic core and/or linearity of complex increase the stabilities of both the smectic C and nematic phases.

Graphical abstract: Mesophase behavior of new linear supramolecular hydrogen-bonding complexes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Sep 2018
Accepted
04 Oct 2018
First published
11 Oct 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 34937-34946

Mesophase behavior of new linear supramolecular hydrogen-bonding complexes

H. A. Ahmed, M. Hagar and A. Aljuhani, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 34937 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA07692H

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