Complex forming salts, discotics

The discotic 2,3,6,7,10,1 l-hexa-(l,4,7-trioxaocetyltriphenylene) amphiphilic molecule [13] in Fig. 4 (cf. also Section n.E and this volume. Chapter 2) can form single polymeric columnar assemblies stabilized by supramolecular bonds perpendicular to the monomeric surface in nematic solutions containing up to 50% solvent. The tapered 12-ABG-B15C5 compound [14] in Fig. 5, complexed with 0.4 M triflate salt per mole of the crown ether receptor B15C5, self-assem-bles into an hexagonal columnar (( ), ) mesophase revealed by X-ray and optical microscopy in the undiluted system. The column cross-section is based on disks... 

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