title: An electric-field-responsive discotic liquid-crystalline hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene/oligothiophene hybrid.
abstract: A novel hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene/oligothiophene hybrid is shown to self-assemble into a hexagonal columnar liquid crystalline phase, and respond to applied electric fields resulting in uniform homeotropic or parallel alignment depending upon the electrode structure. Furthermore, the columnar orientation can be maintained even after removal of the electric field unless the material is heated above the clearing temperature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center 215 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder , CO 80309–0215 , USA
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Renfan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Yongqiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Noel A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Walba