Liquid-Crystalline Fullerodendrimers and Fullero codendrimers

Daniel Cuillon, Bertrand Donnio, and Robert Deschenaux 

Fulkrene Polymers. Synthesis, Properties and Applications. Edited by Nazario Martin and Francesco Giacalone Copyright 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 978-3-527-32282-4 

This chapter highlights with selected examples some relevant results we have obtained in the field of fullerene-containing thermotropic liquid-crystalline dendrimers. These examples will demonstrate the wide application of dendrimers in designing supramolecular fullerene materials. In the following sections, the structures and properties will be presented according to the nature of the dendrimers and mesogenic units. 

Poly(Aryl Ester) Dendrons Carrying Cyanobiphenyl Mesogenic Croups 

In the case of Cm, the cormection of straight mesogens, such as cholesterol [18] or ferrocenomesogens [19] indeed produced mesophases, although in most cases the Hquid-crystaUine phases were either transient or monohopic [20]. Conversely, the use of mesomorphic dendritic addends led to liquid-crystalline materials with accessible and stable mesomorphic properties. 

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