Issue 2, 2013
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Towards room-temperature ionic liquid crystals†

Alexandra Alvarez Fernandez,a   Laurens T. de Haana  and  Paul H. J. Kouwer*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
E-mail: p.kouwer@science.ru.nl

Abstract

Ionic liquid crystals (ILCs) with displaying birefringence have great potential in various (bio)sensor schemes. So far, their high transition temperatures prevent their application. We demonstrate in a novel series of ILCs, based on archetypical mesogens, how to reduce clearing temperatures and we explain our results qualitatively.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2TA00133K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Aug 2012
Accepted
04 Oct 2012
First published
05 Oct 2012

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 354-357

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Towards room-temperature ionic liquid crystals

A. A. Fernandez, L. T. de Haan and P. H. J. Kouwer, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 354 DOI: 10.1039/C2TA00133K

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