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Microstructure and Morphology of Thermotropic Amphiphilic Liquid Crystalline Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Hee-Tae Jung ,
Steven D. Hudson  and
Virgil Percec
Hee-Tae Jung
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, [email protected]
Steven D. Hudson
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. 44106
Virgil Percec
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. 44106
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Abstract

Electron microscopy methods have been used to investigate the structure and morphology of a hexagonal columnar mesophase, formed by novel amphiphilic and dendrimeric liquid crystals. Alignment of the columns is examined by a surface condition that is suitable for the molecular architecture. For all the materials investigated, columns aligned perpendicular to an evaporated carbon surface. In the case of asymmetric amphiphilic compounds, planar alignment of asymmetric compounds was induced by a water surface. However, planar alignment on water was not possible for a symmetric dendrimer. Based on analysis of electron diffraction and images, the dimension and the stiffness of columnar assemblies is found to depend on molecular architecture.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 559: Symposium D – Liquid Crystals Materials and Devices , 1999 , 189
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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