Issue 19, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Proton conduction in discotic mesogens†

Dipankar Basak,a   Scott Christensen,b   Sravan K. Surampudi,a   Craig Versek,c   Daniel T. Toscano,a   Mark T. Tuominen,c   Ryan C. Haywardb  and  D. Venkataraman*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, USA
E-mail: dv@chem.umass.edu
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b Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA

c Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA

Abstract

In this communication, we show that liquid crystalline phases lower the activation energy barrier for proton transport. The liquid crystalline phases were obtained using a triphenylene core with alkyl chains bearing a triazole moiety at their termini.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC10509D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jan 2011
Accepted
23 Mar 2011
First published
11 Apr 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 5566-5568

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Proton conduction in discotic mesogens

D. Basak, S. Christensen, S. K. Surampudi, C. Versek, D. T. Toscano, M. T. Tuominen, R. C. Hayward and D. Venkataraman, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 5566 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10509D

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