Applied Sciences (Feb 2023)

Shaping 1,2,4-Triazolium Fluorinated Ionic Liquid Crystals

  • Carla Rizzo,
  • Ignazio Fiduccia,
  • Silvestre Buscemi,
  • Antonio Palumbo Piccionello,
  • Andrea Pace,
  • Ivana Pibiri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/app13052947
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 5
p. 2947

Abstract

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The synthesis and thermotropic behaviour of some di-alkyloxy-phenyl-1,2,4-triazolium trifluoromethane-sulfonate salts bearing a seven-carbon atom perfluoroalkyl chain on the cation is herein described. The fluorinated salts presenting a 1,2,4-triazole as a core and differing in the length of two alkyloxy chains on the phenyl ring demonstrated a typical liquid crystalline behaviour. The mesomorphic properties of this set of salts were studied by differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy. The thermotropic properties are discussed on the grounds of the tuneable structures of the salts. The results showed the existence of a monotropic, columnar, liquid crystalline phase for the salts tested. An increase in the temperature mesophase range and the presence of two enantiotropic mesophases for the sixteen-atom alkyloxy chain salt can be observed by increasing the length of the alkyloxy chain on the phenyl ring.

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