Imidazolium-based liquid crystals a modular platform for versatile new materials with finely tuneable properties and behaviour
- Ionic liquid Crystals constitute highly versatile materials that have drawn much interest these past few years in the fields of academic research and industrial development. In this respect, the present article is intended as an update of K. Binnemans review published in 2005, but focusing exclusively on the imidazolium cation - the most widely studied. Herein, imidazolium-containing thermotropic liquid crystalline materials will be sorted by molecular structure (mono-, bis-, poly-imidazolium compounds, with symmetrical and non-symmetrical structures) and discussed. Their physico-chemical properties will be exposed in order to adduce the relevancy and potential of the imidazolium platform in various fields of research.
| Author details: | Laurent Douce, Jean-Moise Suisse, Daniel Guillon, Andreas TaubertORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2011.610474 |
| ISSN: | 0267-8292 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Liquid crystals : an international journal of science and technology |
| Publisher: | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
| Place of publishing: | Abingdon |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2011 |
| Publication year: | 2011 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
| Tag: | imidazolium; ionic liquid; liquid crystal |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 11-12 |
| Number of pages: | 9 |
| First page: | 1653 |
| Last Page: | 1661 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
