Liquid Crystalline Fused Porphyrin Dimers: Effect of Central Metal Ions on Homeotropic Alignment Capability
液晶性縮環ポルフィリン二量体: 中心金属種によって変化する自発的垂直配向特性

Tsuneaki Sakurai, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Atsuhiro Osuka, Takuzo Aida
2011 Preprints of symposium on liquid crystals  
Here we report novel columnar liquid crystalline semiconducting materials of fused metalloporphyrin dimers with meso-alkyl groups. Spontaneous homeotropic alignment of their discotic columns was observed within an ITO-glass cell. Of particular interest, the tendency of this macroscopic orientation
doi:10.11538/ekitou.2011.0.144.0 fatcat:xeqniwlaevbzzl6d43zzhpvkp4