Parikshit Guragain, Mitchell Powers, John Portman, Brett Ellman and Robert J. Twieg
Mater. Adv., 2023,4, 4129-4137
Abstract
We present discotic liquid crystals consisting of fluorinated triphenylene with unusually short tails, including mere methoxy or ethoxy tails. Understanding these short-tailed liquid crystals may lead to new applications for discotic liquid crystals.
Estela de Domingo, Gregorio García, Emiliano Tritto, Bertrand Donnio, Asmita Shah, Dharmendra Pratap Singh and Silverio Coco
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2025,13, 8563-8570
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Abstract
An uncommon approach to the synthesis of ambipolar semiconductors based on di- and tri-nuclear gold isocyano–triphenylene complexes of the formula [(AuX)n(CN–C6H4–O–(CH2)6)n–TriPh] (n = 2, 3; X = Cl, C![[triple bond, length as m-dash]](https://www.rsc.org/images/entities/char_e002.gif)
C–Ph) is described.
Silvia Cobos, Gregorio García, César L. Folcia, Josu Ortega, Jesús Etxebarria, Gabriel López-Peña, Dirk H. Ortgies, Emma Martín Rodríguez and Silverio Coco
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024,12, 12332-12340
Abstract
This work reports new soft photothermal materials based on mesomorphic nickel bis(dithiolene) complexes bearing pentakis(dodecyloxy)triphenylene units, in which the triphenylene core and the metal complex are linked through alkyl connectors.
Shuai Chen, Hi Taing, Mohamed Ahmida, Hong Yi He, Aiden Carr, Heidi M. Muchall and S. Holger Eichhorn
Soft Matter, 2024,20, 7854-7864
Abstract
Cationic core charge induces columnar mesomorphism in imidazole-annulated triphenylene derivatives. The anions are predicted to be situated in-plane at the bay position which allows for multiple electrostatic interactions.
Hui-Min Pan, Jiao He, Wen-Hao Yu, Ping Hu, Bi-Qin Wang, Ke-Qing Zhao and Bertrand Donnio
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023,11, 14695-14704
Abstract
Novel fluorine discotic liquid crystals, synthesized by arene–fluorine nucleophilic substitution reaction, form stable columnar hexagonal mesophases due to the establishment of long-range non-covalent perfluoroarene-arene intermolecular interactions.