Novel columnar liquid-crystalline nanomaterials designed toward anhydrous organic proton conductors

Akihiko Kanazawa; Katsuhiko Nakajima; Masatoshi Matsuda

doi:10.1117/12.793897

27 August 2008 Novel columnar liquid-crystalline nanomaterials designed toward anhydrous organic proton conductors

Akihiko Kanazawa, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masatoshi Matsuda

Proceedings Volume 7050, Liquid Crystals XII; 705004 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.793897
Event: Photonic Devices + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Urea derivative with double long alkyl chains and the corresponding rare-earth metal complex were prepared and their thermotropic liquid-crystalline behavior was evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, electron microscopy. It was found that in spite of the compounds without disk-like molecular shape, they exhibit a columnar phase with two-dimensional rectangular lattice in which each column is built up from one-dimensional molecular chains, i.e., non-covalently linked polymer architectures on the basis of one-dimensional hydrogen bond. In the columnar liquid-crystalline materials, we predicted that delocalization of protons along the one-dimensional self-assembled molecular chains is induced, resulting in useful channels for prototropy. To verify this prediction, we evaluated preliminarily the electric conductivity of the urea liquid-crystalline thin films by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The solid-state films retaining a columnar structure showed a protonic conductivity even under dry conditions.

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Akihiko Kanazawa, Katsuhiko Nakajima, and Masatoshi Matsuda "Novel columnar liquid-crystalline nanomaterials designed toward anhydrous organic proton conductors", Proc. SPIE 7050, Liquid Crystals XII, 705004 (27 August 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.793897

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