Proton conducting gel electrolytes are very important components of clean energy devices. Phosphoric acid (PA, H(3)PO(4) · H2O) is one of the best proton conductors, but needs to be incorporated into some matrix for real device applications, such as into lyotropic liquid crystalline mesophases (LLCMs). Herein, we show that PA and nonionic surfactant (NS, C(12)H(25)(OCH(2)CH(2))(10)OH, C(12)E(10...

Four liquid crystal compounds of the form, 2-Sec-butyl-4-[(4-x-phenyl) diazenyl) phenyl-4-(octadecyloxy] benzoate symbolized as I18a, I18b, I18c and I18d were prepared in which the substituent (X) was taken CH3O-, CH3-, Br- and -NO2 respectively. Characterization of prepared compounds is done using FT-IR, 1H-NMR, Mass Spectroscopy and Elemental Analysis.. Their mesophase behavior was investigat...

Hexakis(n-alkyloxy)triphenylene) (HATn) consisting of an aromatic triphenylene core and alkyl side chains are model discotic liquid crystal (DLC) systems forming a columnar mesophase. In the mesophase, molecules HATn self-assemble in columns, which has one-dimensional high charge carrier mobility along columns. Here, homologous series with different length chain (n = 5,6,8,10,12) is investigate...

2014 We have obtained X-ray diffraction patterns from the mesomorphic phase of two derivatives of terphenylene. The observations agree with the structure already proposed for the mesomorphic phase of a similar molecule : the molecules are stacked in columns and the columns form a regular hexagonal array. In addition it is possible to give a more accurate description of the positions of the terp...