A bolaamphiphilic sexithiophene with liquid crystalline triangular honeycomb phase

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Feb 28;49(17):1756-8. doi: 10.1039/c3cc38859j.

Abstract

A new bolaamphiphile comprising a 5,5'''''-diphenyl-sexithiophene core with glycerol groups at each end and four lateral decyl chains was synthesized, which self-assembles into a liquid crystalline phase representing a nanoscale honeycomb composed of quasi-infinite triangular cylinders of π-conjugated sexithiophenes.