TY  - JOUR
A1  - Douce, Laurent
A1  - Suisse, Jean-Moise
A1  - Guillon, Daniel
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Imidazolium-based liquid crystals a modular platform for versatile new materials with finely tuneable properties and behaviour
JF  - Liquid crystals : an international journal of science and technology
N2  - 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.
KW  - imidazolium
KW  - liquid crystal
KW  - ionic liquid
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2011.610474
SN  - 0267-8292
VL  - 38
IS  - 11-12
SP  - 1653
EP  - 1661
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Delahaye, Emilie
A1  - Xie, Zailai
A1  - Schäfer, Andreas
A1  - Douce, Laurent
A1  - Rogez, Guillaume
A1  - Rabu, Pierre
A1  - Günter, Christina
A1  - Gutmann, Jochen S.
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Intercalation synthesis of functional hybrid materials based on layered simple hydroxide hosts and ionic liquid guests - a pathway towards multifunctional ionogels without a silica matrix?
JF  - Dalton transactions : a journal of inorganic chemistry, including bioinorganic, organometallic, and solid-state chemistry
N2  - Functional hybrid materials on the basis of inorganic hosts and ionic liquids (ILs) as guests hold promise for a virtually unlimited number of applications. In particular, the interaction and the combination of properties of a defined inorganic matrix and a specific IL could lead to synergistic effects in property selection and tuning. Such hybrid materials, generally termed ionogels, are thus an emerging topic in hybrid materials research. The current article addresses some of the recent developments and focuses on the question why silica is currently the dominating matrix used for (inorganic) ionogel fabrication. In comparison to silica, matrix materials such as layered simple hydroxides, layered double hydroxides, clay-type substances, magnetic or catalytically active solids, and many other compounds could be much more interesting because they themselves may carry useful functionalities, which could also be exploited for multifunctional hybrid materials synthesis. The current article combines experimental results with some arguments as to how new, advanced functional hybrid materials can be generated and which obstacles will need to be overcome to successfully achieve the synthesis of a desired target material.
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/c1dt10841g
SN  - 1477-9226
VL  - 40
IS  - 39
SP  - 9977
EP  - 9988
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -