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Hierarchy of Order in Liquid Crystalline Polycaps
Author(s) -
Castellano Ronald K.,
Nuckolls Colin,
Eichhorn S. Holger,
Wood Malcolm R.,
Lovinger Andrew J.,
Rebek, Jr. Julius
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990903)38:17<2603::aid-anie2603>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - liquid crystalline , shearing (physics) , schematic , hierarchy , representation (politics) , materials science , polymer , phase (matter) , crystallography , polymer science , composite material , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , electronic engineering , politics , political science , economics , law , market economy
When outfitted with long alkyl chains , polycaps, capsules along a polymer chain, spontaneously organize themselves into a two‐dimensional liquid crystalline phase. Further organization results from shearing or pulling the liquid crystalline samples, producing three‐dimensional assemblies of micrometer‐wide, infinitely long fibers (see schematic representation).