Chemistry
Université de Rennes 1 - ENSC Rennes - CNRS UMR 6226 "Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes", Campus de Beaulieu, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes Cedex (France).
Published: July 2014
Octahedral Mo6 nanoclusters are functionalized with two organic ligands containing cyanobiphenyl (CB) units, giving luminescent hybrid liquid crystals (LC). Although the mesogenic density around the bulky inorganic core is constant, the two hybrids show different LC properties. Interestingly, one of them shows a nematic phase, which is particularly rare for this kind of supermolecular system. This surprising result is explained by using large-scale molecular dynamic simulations.
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