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From Molecules to Materials: Engineering New Ionic Liquid Crystals Through Halogen Bonding
Published on: March 24, 2018
Metric engineering of perfluorocarbon-hydrocarbon layered solids driven by the halogen bonding
Pierangelo Metrangolo1, Tullio Pilati, Giuseppe Resnati
1Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering G. Natta, Polytechnic of Milan, Via L. Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milan, Italy. pierangelo.metrangolo@polimi.it
Abstract:
The halogen bonding driven self-assembly of 1,4-dicyanobutane and 1,6-dicyanohexane with a range of perfluorinated telechelic diiodoalkanes yields layered 1D, infinite chain co-crystals. The structure and metrics of these co-crystals are remarkably predictable.
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