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Synthesis and Exfoliation of Discotic Zirconium Phosphates to Obtain Colloidal Liquid Crystals
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Synthesis and characterization of a discotic uranium-containing liquid crystal
Jonathan L Sessler1, Wyeth B Callaway, Stephen P Dudek
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, 1 University Station A5300, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-0165, USA. sessler@mail.utexas.edu
Inorganic Chemistry
|October 13, 2004
Abstract:
The synthesis of several UO(2)-alaskaphyrin derivatives functionalized with aliphatic chains is described. These compounds are found to be liquid-crystalline and form columnar mesophases, as judged from polarizing optical microscopy studies, and represent the first uranium-containing discotic mesogens.
