Alkyl tail length dependence of structures in a series of symmetrically tapered bisamides exhibiting self-assembled supramolecular columnar phases

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics

Volumn 45 B, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-229

  Shen, Hong ^a   Jeong, Kwang Un ^a   Graham, Matthew J ^a   Leng, Siwei ^a   Huang, Huabing ^a   Lotz, Bernard ^b   Hou, Haoqing ^c   Harris, Frank W ^a   Cheng, Stephen Z D ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

^c JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonding; Nano phase separation; Self assembly; Supramolecular structure; Tapered bisamide; Transition length

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMS; CARBON; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FLEXIBLE ALKYL CHAINS; ISOTROPIZATION TEMPERATURE; NANO-PHASE SEPARATION; OBLIQUE COLUMNAR; ORDERED STRUCTURE; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SELF-ASSEMBLY; SUPRAMOLECULAR COLUMNAR PHASES; TAPERED BISAMIDE; TRANSITION LENGTH;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33645099305     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222340500522281     Document Type: Article

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