Preliminary study on the self-assembly of a pair of azobenzene liquid crystals derived from alanine

Limin Wua School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, P. R. ChinaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Jinming Chub Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. ChinaView further author information

Fei Wangb Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. ChinaView further author information

Wei Liub Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. ChinaView further author information

Yongmin Guob Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. ChinaView further author information

Yi Lib Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. ChinaView further author information

Baozong Lib Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. ChinaView further author information

Yonggang Yangb Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. ChinaView further author information

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Abstract

A series of azobenzene liquid crystals containing one amino acid residue were synthesized. They exhibit smectic mesophases. The compounds derived from alanine can self-assemble into twisted nanoribbons. The molecules organized in a monolayer structure within the nanoribbon. Circular dichroism characterization indicated that the neighboring liquid crystal cores packed in a chiral structure. FT-IR spectra indicated that the nanoribbons were caused by H-bonding and association of hydrocarbon chains.

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This work was supported by the Political Science-preponderant Discipline of Jiangsu Province and the Project of Scientific and Technologic Infrastructure of Suzhou (SZS201905). Suzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau.

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