Columnar Liquid Crystallinity and Mechanochromism in Cationic Platinum(II) Complexes.

TitleColumnar Liquid Crystallinity and Mechanochromism in Cationic Platinum(II) Complexes.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsKrikorian, M, Liu, S, Swager, TM
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume136
Pagination2952–2955
Date Publishedfeb
ISSN1520-5126
Abstract

Cationic square planar Pt(II) complexes are reported with high degrees of intermolecular association. These complexes display thermotropic columnar liquid crystalline behavior in spite of having only a single side chain. Crystals undergo mechanochromic transformations that can be reversed with solvent.
URLhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24533433
DOI10.1021/ja4114352