Anisotropic ionic conductivities in lyotropic supramolecular liquid crystals.

Youju Huang, Yuanhua Cong, Junjun Li, Daoliang Wang, Jingtuo Zhang, Lu Xu, Weili Li, Liangbin Li, Guoqiang Pan, Chuanlu Yang

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (48) , 7560-2, (2009)

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Abstract

The designed aromatic amide discotic molecule with sulfonic acid groups at its periphery exhibits a hexagonal supramolecular columnar liquid crystalline phase, which leads to the achievement of anisotropic ionic conductivity through macroscopically aligning the ionic channels.