Liquid??Crystalline Supramolecular Polymers Formed through Complementary Nucleobase??Pair Interactions

S Sivakova, J Wu, CJ Campo…

Index: Sivakova, Sona; Wu, Jian; Campo, Cheryl J.; Mather, Patrick T.; Rowan, Stuart J. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2006 , vol. 12, # 2 p. 446 - 456

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Abstract

Abstract We report how the placement of nucleobase units, thymine, or N 6-(4- methoxybenzoyl) adenine, onto the ends of a mesogenic core, bis-4-alkoxy-substituted bis (phenylethynyl) benzene, affects the properties of these materials. We show that addition of these bulky polar groups significantly reduces the range of liquid-crystalline behavior of these compounds. However, mixing two complementary nucleobase-containing AA-and ...