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Perylenediimide-surfactant complexes: thermotropic liquid-crystalline materials via ionic self-assembly
Ying Guan1, Yuriy Zakrevskyy, Joachim Stumpe
1Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, D-14424 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
Abstract:
In this communication we present the facile preparation and characterisation of thermotropic liquid-crystalline materials from the ionic self-assembly of a charged perylenediimide derivative and oppositely charged surfactants.