ABSTRACT
New metal-mesogenic systems based on copper and mesogenic cyanobiphenyls 5CB and 8CB have been produced by low temperature co-condensation of their component vapors. The formation of low temperature complexes of copper atoms with the cyanobiphenyl π-system in the solid state at 80–150 K was shown by ESR- and UV-Vis spectroscopic data. The thermal stability of the complexes and their thermal behavior on warming of the co-condensate samples up to room temperature are discussed.
Acknowledgments
The work was supported by RFBR grants 02-03-32469, 04-03-32748, Russian Federal Programme “Universities of Russia” and INTAS grant 2000-00911.