Cholesterol Phenoxy Hexanoate Mesogens:Effect of meta Substituents on Their Liquid Crystalline Behavior and in Situ Metal Nanoparticle Synthesis

摘要

Designing small molecules which self-assemble to generate nanoscale materials is an exciting area of current research interest.Within this field,the self-organized systems of liquid crystals(LCs)are well-studied in the literature.In particular,lateral substitution of LCs affects the mode of assembly and subsequently properties of self-assembled materials.