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Self-assembling behaviour and synthesis of polymerizable columnar mesogen with diacetylene side-chain

Seminar
Tuesday, 09.10.2018 10:00

Speakers: Prof. Hsiu-Hui Chen (Department of Chemistry, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Place: seminární místnost č. 117 ve Fyzikálním ústavu AV ČR, Na Slovance 2, Praha 8
Presented in English
Organisers: Department of Dielectrics
Abstrakt: Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) core tethered with three diacetylene (DA)-containing side-chains was designed and their self-assembling behavior in solvent and on substrate was investigated. The polymerizable HBC derivatives are noted as HBC-1,3,5-Ph-DA-Cn, where 1,3,5 refers to the position of DA chain and n is the spacer length of alkyl chain. It is confirmed that the nanostructure of HBC-1,3,5-Ph-DA-Cn can be polymerized in (i) solution and (ii) film by UV-irradiation or thermal treatment. HBC-1,3,5-Ph-DA-C12 exhibits a stable hexagonal columnar phase at 47°C which was used to discuss self-assembling behavior and the polymerization process. The polymerization reaction has been investigated by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (IR), Raman spectroscopy and UV-visible spectroscopy.

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