Synthesis of well-defined nanometer-scale porphyrin-containing liquid crystals

ORGN 310

Quan Li and Julie Kim. Liquid crystal institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242
Porphyrin as a building block has attracted great attention since it offers a variety of desirable features such as large molecular size, rigid planar geometry, high stability, intense electronic absorptions across a wide spectral range, strong fluorescence emission, and the ability to complex almost any kind of metal ions. The design and synthesis of well-defined nanometer-scale porphyrin-containing liquid crystals will be presented.
 

Molecular Recognition and Materials
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, August 24, 2004 Pennsylvania Convention Center -- 201B, Oral

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 228th ACS National Meeting, in Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004