Issue 1, 2019

Design of solvent-free functional fluids via molecular nanoarchitectonics approaches

Abstract

Solvent-free functional fluidic materials have recently attracted considerable attention owing to their high deformability and facile processability. The counterintuitive softness of functional organic molecules/materials that are intrinsically rigid, such as polycyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic macrocycles, fullerenes, and conjugated polymers, is a significant advantage towards various softness-oriented applications. For example, the development of optoelectronically active fluids has shifted the attention from hard matter-based devices that barely bend and stretch under actions required in flexible/stretchable electronics. This minireview presents a summary of the latest reports and current challenges of functional molecular/polymeric fluids from their molecular engineering approaches or the nanoarchitectonics of functional fluids to the state-of-the-art functions derived from the fluids.

Graphical abstract: Design of solvent-free functional fluids via molecular nanoarchitectonics approaches

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
15 nov. 2018
Accepted
09 ene. 2019
First published
09 ene. 2019

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2019,4, 78-90

Design of solvent-free functional fluids via molecular nanoarchitectonics approaches

A. Shinohara, C. Pan, L. Wang and T. Nakanishi, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2019, 4, 78 DOI: 10.1039/C8ME00092A

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