Lin, Niu and Rahman, Md Lutfor and Yanlian, Yang and Chen, Wang (2010) Assemblies of fluorine containing bent-shaped liquid crystal molecules studied by using scanning tunneling microscopy. In: International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ChinaNANO 2009), 1-3 September 2009, Beijing, China.
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In this work we prepared a fluorine containing bent-shaped liquid crystal from biphenyl as the central core and rod-like azobenzene mesogens as the side arms, namely 4',3-biphenyl bis[4-(4'-hexadecanloxy-3-fluorophenylazo)benzoate] (L104). The self-assembly behaviors of L104 molecules on graphite surface were investigated by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) under ambient conditions. The high-resolution STM images of L104 assemblies revealed three kinds of structures showing the joint effects of dipole dipole interactions originated from the fluorine and the bent-core alignments for maximizing pi-pi interactions. These observations may be beneficial for understanding the assembly mechanism and designs for novel banana-shaped liquid crystal molecules.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED) |
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Keyword: | Bent-Shaped Liquid Crystal, Scanning Tunneling Microscope, Self-Assembly |
Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry |
Department: | SCHOOL > School of Science and Technology |
Depositing User: | ADMIN ADMIN |
Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2011 13:31 |
Last Modified: | 30 Dec 2014 09:35 |
URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/2214 |
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