Synthesis of a Nanoporous Polymer with Hexagonal Channels from Supramolecular Discotic Liquid Crystals

✍ Scribed by Hyung-Kun Lee; Hyoyoung Lee; Young Ho Ko; Young Joo Chang; Nam-Keun Oh; Wang-Cheol Zin; Kimoon Kim

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 87 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010716)40:14<2669::aid-anie2669>3.0.co;2-q

✦ Synopsis

Hydrogen-bonding interactions between a benzotri(imidazole) derivative and a polymerizable alkoxybenzoic acid result in the formation of a supramolecular hexagonal columnar liquid crystal. Light-induced polymerization followed by removal of the benzotri(imidazole) core produces a porous polymer with hexagonal channels.