Liquid-crystalline [60]fullerene-TTF dyads.
[structure: see text] [60]Fullerene was functionalized with a TTF derivative and a bis-mesogenic fragment. The synthetic methodology was based on the addition of a malonate derivative to C60 (Bingel-type reaction). Both the malonate and dyad showed smectic B and A phases. The supramolecular organization within the smectic layers was of the monolayer type for the malonate and of the bilayer type for the fullerene derivative. In the latter case, the supramolecular organization was governed by the C60 unit.
Allard
Emmanuel
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Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, Case Postale 2, 2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Oswald
Frédéric
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Donnio
Bertrand
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Guillon
Daniel
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Delgado
Juan Luis
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Langa
Fernando
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Deschenaux
Robert
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