Columnar Liquid Crystals Containing Ionic Liquids: Anisotropically Ion-Conductive Properties Achieved by Alignment Control
イオン性液体を組織化したカラムナー液晶:配列制御による異方的イオン伝導機能の発現

Harutoki Shimura, Masafumi Yoshio, Tomohiro Mukai, Hiroyuki Ohno, Takashi Kato
2005 Preprints of symposium on liquid crystals  
New columnar liquid crystals have been prepared by mixing fan-shaped molecules having hydroxy groups with ionic liquids . The interactions between the hydroxyl moieties and the ionic liquids induce and stabilize the columnar liquid crystalline assemblies. Ionic liquids are selfassembled in the center of columns, and they form one-dimensional ion-transporting channels surrounded by the hydrocarbon moieties of fan-shaped molecules. Macroscopic orientation of the self-assembled columns is achieved
more » ... by shearing the materials, resulting in higher ionic conductivities along the direction of the columnar axis.
doi:10.11538/ekitou.2005.0.62.0 fatcat:nbf4pmzzuzhghd6res6osxrsay