title: A new class of double alkyl-substituted, liquid crystalline imidazolium ionic liquids--a unique combination of structural features, viscosity effects, and thermal properties.
abstract: 1,3-Didodecylimidazolium salts have been prepared as first representatives of a new class of ionic liquid crystals (ILCs), showing thermotropic liquid crystalline behaviour in an extended temperature range below 70 degrees C. Remarkably strong non-Newtonian viscosity behaviour was found for the liquid-crystalline state of these ILCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 1, D-91058 Erlangen.
authors.forename: Xinjiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Frank W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Berthold U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Melcher
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fekete
authors.forename: Anja-Verena
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Mudring
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wasserscheid
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D048288:Imidazolines / Q000737:chemistry*; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013696:Temperature; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D048288:Imidazolines; D052578:Ionic Liquids