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Cover Feature: New Type of Columnar Liquid Crystal Superlattice in Double‐Taper Ionic Minidendrons (Chem. Eur. J. 60/2019)
Author(s) -
Li YaXin,
Fan FangFang,
Wang Jie,
Cseh Liliana,
Xue Min,
Zeng XiangBing,
Ungar Goran
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201904203
Subject(s) - superlattice , cover (algebra) , ionic bonding , spheres , type (biology) , hexagonal crystal system , molecule , crystallography , ionic crystal , hard spheres , materials science , crystal (programming language) , liquid crystal , ionic liquid , chemical physics , chemistry , physics , computational chemistry , ion , computer science , organic chemistry , geology , mechanical engineering , paleontology , optoelectronics , engineering , catalysis , programming language , astronomy
A new approach aimed at widening the range and complexity of potential mesophases by introducing double‐taper shaped molecules is reported. In such molecules based on simple model minidendrons, a new type of hexagonal columnar liquid‐crystal superlattice consisting of two kinds of columns, ionic and non‐ionic, has been obtained. This points the way to creating complex self‐assembly of mixed columns, mixed spheres, or mixed columns and spheres, and novel materials with double functionality. More information can be found in the Full Paper by G. Ungar et al. on page 13739.