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Functional Organic Materials Based on Polymerized Liquid‐Crystal Monomers: Supramolecular Hydrogen‐Bonded Systems
Author(s) -
Broer Dirk J.,
Bastiaansen Cees M. W.,
Debije Michael G.,
Schenning Albertus P. H. J.
Publication year - 2012
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/anie.201200883
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , nanoporous , materials science , supramolecular chemistry , liquid crystalline , monomer , polymerization , hydrogen bond , nanotechnology , supramolecular polymers , characterization (materials science) , chemical engineering , polymer , crystal structure , molecule , organic chemistry , composite material , chemistry , optoelectronics , engineering
Functional organic materials are of great interest for a variety of applications. To obtain precise functional properties, well‐defined hierarchically ordered supramolecular materials are crucial. The self‐assembly of liquid crystals has proven to be an extremely useful tool in the development of well‐defined nanostructured materials. We have chosen the illustrative example of photopolymerizable hydrogen‐bonding mesogens to show that a wide variety of functional materials can be made from a relatively simple set of building blocks. Upon mixing these compounds with other reactive mesogens, nematic, chiral nematic, and smectic or columnar liquid‐crystalline phases can be formed that can be applied as actuators, sensors and responsive reflectors, and nanoporous membranes, respectively.