SUPRAMOLECULAR FIBERS FROM A LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE OCTA-SUBSTITUTED COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE

Authors
OSBURN EJ SCHMIDT A CHAU LK CHEN SY SMOLENYAK P ARMSTRONG NR OBRIEN DF
Citation
Ej. Osburn et al., SUPRAMOLECULAR FIBERS FROM A LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE OCTA-SUBSTITUTED COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE, Advanced materials, 8(11), 1996, pp. 926
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
8
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1996)8:11<926:SFFALO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Supramolecular fibers-bundles of individual strands-result room the se lf-assembly of a novel octa-substituted copper phthalocyanine with ben zyloxyethoxy side chains. The synthesis and self-assembly of the fiber s are described and results from microscopy and X-ray characterization presented. It is shown that incorporation of aromatic groups in the s ide chains of phthalocyanines favors discotic mesophases with extended thermal stability, in addition to promoting the formation of supramol ecular fibers.