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SUBMITTER: Shoji Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10181172 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shoji Yoshiaki Y Komiyama Ryo R Kobayashi Miki M Kosaka Atsuko A Kajitani Takashi T Haruki Rie R Kumai Reiji R Adachi Shin-Ichi SI Tada Tomofumi T Karasawa Naoyuki N Nakano Hiroshi H Nakamura Hisao H Sakurai Hidehiro H Fukushima Takanori T
Science advances 20230512 19
Stacked teacups inspired the idea that columnar assemblies of stacked bowl-shaped molecules may exhibit a unique dynamic behavior, unlike usual assemblies of planar disc- and rod-shaped molecules. On the basis of the molecular design concept for creating higher-order discotic liquid crystals, found in our group, we synthesized a sumanene derivative with octyloxycarbonyl side chains. This molecule forms an ordered hexagonal columnar mesophase, but unexpectedly, the columnar assembly is very soft, ...[more]