title: Discotic liquid crystals stabilized by interionic interactions: imidazolium ion-anchored paraffinic triphenylene.
abstract: Incorporation of imidazolium ion functionalities into the paraffinic side-chain termini of a triphenylene derivative resulted in stabilization of a columnar mesophase of its liquid crystalline assembly, which was retained over a wider temperature range down to 4 degrees C by an externally added imidazolium-based ionic liquid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Motoyanagi
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Takuzo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aida