An FT-IR spectroscopic study of the role of hydrogen bonding in the formation of liquid crystallinity for mixtures containing bipyridines and 4-pentoxybenzoic acid
- Submitting institution
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University of Aberdeen
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 72520444
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1039/C6RA17819G
- Title of journal
- RSC Advances
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- First page
- 108164
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 110
- ISSN
- 2046-2069
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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5
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This work unveils key mechanisms of the formation of hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals based on the coexistence of several supramolecular species. The outcomes open the possibility to induce molecular curvature through intermolecular interactions, using versatile synthetic methods. The paper questions some preconceptions on molecular geometry from the last 25 years, and represents an inflexion point in understanding and designing supramolecular soft matter. The combination of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and molecular modelling has been applied in the Royal Society (RGS\R1\201397) and Royal Society of Chemistry (M19-0000) projects, to prepare and characterise new energy devices based on hydrogen-bonding.
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- Non-English
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