Ion-Induced Bicontinuous Cubic and Columnar Liquid-Crystalline Assemblies of Discotic Block Codendrimers

摘要

Discotic block codendrimers, consisting of two different nonmesogenic aliphatic polyether dendrons and a discotic linker, exhibited induced hexagonal columnar and bicontinuous cubic (unprecedented in dendrimers) liquid-crystalline (LC) phases by the addition of lithium salt (see figure). The interior and exterior of these morphologies can be altered by changing the majority dendritic block.