Effect of core twisting on self-assembly and optical properties of perylene bisimide dyes in solution and columnar liquid crystalline phases

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 450-465

  Chen, Zhijian ^a   Baumeister, Ute ^b   Tschierske, Carsten ^b   Würthner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dyes pigments liquid crystals; Perylene bisimide; Pi pi stacking; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ANNEALING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLVENTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

BATHOCHROMIC SHIFTS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASES; PERYLENE BISIMIDE DYES; PI-PI STACKING; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (POM); VAPOR PRESSURE OSMOMETRY (VPO);

DYES;

EID: 33846242192     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200600891     Document Type: Article

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