Self‐Organized Semiconducting Discotic Liquid Crystals for Optoelectronic Applications

Polymer electrolyte liquid crystal system for improved optical and electrical properties

“…For electronics applications, discotic shaped liquid crystals, rather than the typical rod-like thermotropic LCs, are used [18,19]. Discotic liquid crystals approximately resemble a disc and contain a cloud of π-conjugated electrons at the centre of the disk.…”

Mesogenic behavior of a 6-oxoverdazyl diradical: towards organic high-spin liquid crystals

“…11,14 Liquid crystals provide a viable and attractive alternative for obtaining organized functional films of molecular materials. [15][16][17] Thus, paramagnetic films could be obtained from liquid crystalline radicals, which during the past two decades have become well exemplified in the literature. [18][19][20] Although some mesogenic bi-and tri-radicals have been reported, [21][22][23][24][25][26][27] none of them has coupled spins and exhibits a high spin ground state.…”

Paramagnetic Liquid Crystals With Close π–π Packing: The Effect of Blatter Radical Planarization on Behavior of Bent‐Core Mesogens

“…Liquid crystals offer a viable approach to organic electronics [1] and photovoltaics [2] by taking advantage of their self-organization and anisotropic properties. [3] In such materials the charge transport is facilitated by alignment of semiconducting molecules and their close π-π interactions, such as those found in ordered smectic and columnar phases or in solids paramorphotic with the preceding mesophases. [4] The use of stable radicals as structural elements of liquid crystals [5] can enhance semiconductive properties and add favorable redox and photophysical behavior.…”