Chromonic nematic liquid crystals in a room-temperature ionic liquid.
Jose Rodrigo MaganaAdria Pérez-CalmCarlos Rodriguez-AbreuPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
Planar multiaromatic molecules hierarchically and selectively arrange into nematic chromonic liquid crystals in the room temperature ionic liquid 2-hydroxyethylammonium formate. In a proof of concept, these liquid crystals were used as reaction media to produce mesostructured silica materials under mild biomimetic conditions. Several other applications are envisaged.
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