title: A columnar liquid-crystalline shape-persistent macrocycle having a nanosegregated structure.
abstract: A shape-persistent macrocyclic molecule having glutamic acid and oligooxyethylene moieties exhibits a hexagonal columnar liquid-crystalline phase at ambient temperature through nanosegregation and the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Harutoki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshio
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato