Cristales líquidos de esmético de los alcanesulfonatos supramoleculares de guanidinio

Fabrice Mathevet1, Patrick Masson, Jean-François Nicoud

  • 1Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, Groupe des Matériaux Organiques (CNRS UMR 7504), Université Louis Pasteur, 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.

Resumen

Los alcanesulfonatos de guanidinio exhiben un polimorfismo termotrópico, con estructuras cristalinas que persisten en las fases esméticas de alta temperatura. Esta disposición supramolecular se mantiene a través de varias longitudes de cadena (n = 6-18).

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