title: Synthesis and liquid crystallinity of dendronized carbohydrate liquid crystal.
abstract: A dendronized carbohydrate thermotropic liquid crystal was synthesized by attaching wedge-shaped mesogens onto a carbohydrate core. These molecules self-organize into chiral columnar hexagonal mesophase with each column slice (4.5 Å thicknesses) filled with average of two molecules. The supramolecular model was further optimized by molecular dynamics simulation. Moreover, chirality successfully expressed in columnar hexagonal mesophase by dendronized carbohydrate molecules may provide inspiration in searching for chiral mesophase of carbohydrate liquid crystals.
authors: College of Materials, Xiamen Univeristy, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
authors: Liulin
authors: L
authors: Yang
authors: Yanming
authors: Y
authors: Dong
authors: Xiaolan
authors: X
authors: Hu
authors: Anhua
authors: A
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000737:chemistry; D019817:Benzoic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic / Q000379:methods*; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D050091:Dendrimers; D019817:Benzoic Acid; D000117:Acetylglucosamine