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View article: Veins of Deception: An Intriguing Case of Extradural Spinal AVF Mimicking Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis
Veins of Deception: An Intriguing Case of Extradural Spinal AVF Mimicking Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis Open
Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is a rapidly progressing demyelinating disease affecting the spinal cord over three or more vertebral segments. Acquired central nervous system demyelinating diseases such as multiple scl…
View article: Ionic Covalent Organic Framework as a Dual Functional Sensor for Temperature and Humidity (Small 32/2024)
Ionic Covalent Organic Framework as a Dual Functional Sensor for Temperature and Humidity (Small 32/2024) Open
Covalent Organic Frameworks Guanidinium and diformylpyridine units are linked to form a covalent organic framework (COF). The hydrophilic COF responds to humidity and temperature, making it a competitive COF sensor. The incorporation of io…
View article: Ionic Covalent Organic Framework as a Dual Functional Sensor for Temperature and Humidity
Ionic Covalent Organic Framework as a Dual Functional Sensor for Temperature and Humidity Open
Visual sensing of humidity and temperature by solids plays an important role in the everyday life and in industrial processes. Due to their hydrophobic nature, most covalent organic framework (COF) sensors often exhibit poor optical respon…
View article: Analysis of Cracked Tube of Flue Gas Cooler (Fgc) Boiler in Fluidic Catalytic Converter Unit (Fccu) of a Refinery
Analysis of Cracked Tube of Flue Gas Cooler (Fgc) Boiler in Fluidic Catalytic Converter Unit (Fccu) of a Refinery Open
View article: Cover Feature: Highly Soluble Ambipolar <i>anti</i>‐Perylene‐3,4 : 9,10‐bis(benzimidazole)s Stabilize a Room‐Temperature Columnar Hexagonal Phase (Chem. Eur. J. 61/2023)
Cover Feature: Highly Soluble Ambipolar <i>anti</i>‐Perylene‐3,4 : 9,10‐bis(benzimidazole)s Stabilize a Room‐Temperature Columnar Hexagonal Phase (Chem. Eur. J. 61/2023) Open
The first isolation of a highly soluble anti-perylene bisbenzimidazole derivative stabilizing in a room-temperature columnar hexagonal phase is reported. The compound has ambipolar charge carrier mobility, a low bandgap and a wide absorpti…
View article: Mononuclear photoluminescent salicylaldimato copper(II) complex: synthesis, characterization, mesomorphic investigation and DFT study
Mononuclear photoluminescent salicylaldimato copper(II) complex: synthesis, characterization, mesomorphic investigation and DFT study Open
A new photoluminescent disc-like copper (II) metallomesogen of the type [CuL2] {H2L = 2,4-bis((E)-((4-(hexadecyloxy)phenyl)imino)methyl)phenol} have been synthesized. The compounds were characterized by elemental anal…
View article: Room-Temperature, Deep-Red/NIR-Emissive, <i>C</i><sub>3</sub>-Symmetric (n,π-conjugated) Columnar Liquid Crystals: <i>C</i><sub>3<i>h</i></sub>-Tris(keto-hydrazone)s
Room-Temperature, Deep-Red/NIR-Emissive, <i>C</i><sub>3</sub>-Symmetric (n,π-conjugated) Columnar Liquid Crystals: <i>C</i><sub>3<i>h</i></sub>-Tris(keto-hydrazone)s Open
The first examples of deep-red/near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescent, (n,π-conjugated) discotics, namely, C 3h -tris(keto-hydrazone)s, which are the tautomers of tris(azo-enol)s, have been synthesized via a facile o…
View article: Chiral plasmonic liquid crystal gold nanoparticles: self-assembly into a circular dichroism responsive helical lamellar superstructure
Chiral plasmonic liquid crystal gold nanoparticles: self-assembly into a circular dichroism responsive helical lamellar superstructure Open
The directed self-assembly of plasmonic gold nanoparticles coated with optically active mesogenic ligands leads to the liquid crystalline, chiral lamellar structure having CD activity.
View article: Grafting a mesomorphic Schiff base onto gold nanoparticle via ester link – photoluminescence, mesomorphism, electrical conductivity and antioxidant activity
Grafting a mesomorphic Schiff base onto gold nanoparticle via ester link – photoluminescence, mesomorphism, electrical conductivity and antioxidant activity Open
Liquid crystal-gold nanoparticle (GNP-LC) composite were accessed via covalent coupling of 4-mercaptophenol capped gold nanoparticles (GNP) and a carboxylic acid functionalised rod shaped mesomorphic Schiff base (LC). The Schiff base ligan…
View article: Amide linkage in novel three-ring bent-core molecular assemblies: polar mesophases and importance of H-bonding
Amide linkage in novel three-ring bent-core molecular assemblies: polar mesophases and importance of H-bonding Open
Here, we report the first examples of achiral unsymmetrical three-ring bent-shaped liquid crystals comprising amide and imine linkages with transverse substituents of methyl and chloro moieties on the central phenyl ring in the core, exhib…
View article: Transforming a <i>C</i><sub>3</sub>-Symmetrical Liquid Crystal to a π-Gelator by Alkoxy Chain Variation
Transforming a <i>C</i><sub>3</sub>-Symmetrical Liquid Crystal to a π-Gelator by Alkoxy Chain Variation Open
Rational understanding of the structural features involving different noncovalent interactions is necessary to design a liquid crystal (LC) or an organogelator. Herein, we report the effect of the number and positions of alkoxy chains on t…
View article: Mesomorphic Schiff base amine tethered giant gold nanoparticles
Mesomorphic Schiff base amine tethered giant gold nanoparticles Open
GNP-LC hybrid incorporating giant gold nanoclusters was accessed with tailor made liquid crystalline Schiff base bearing amine function as reactive end group without using any external reducing agent. The liquid crystal phase (smectic C) o…
View article: CCDC 1535240: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1535240: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Investigation of liquid crystalline property of a new calamitic liquid crystalline system methyl 4-(4ʹ-(4ʹʹ-(decyloxy)benzyloxy) benzylideneamino)benzoate
Investigation of liquid crystalline property of a new calamitic liquid crystalline system methyl 4-(4ʹ-(4ʹʹ-(decyloxy)benzyloxy) benzylideneamino)benzoate Open
A new polar calamitic liquid crystal, methyl 4-(4ʹ-(4ʺ-(decyloxy)benzyloxy) benzylideneamino)benzoate (M3BA) containing ether and Schiff base groups as linker with terminal polar ester group, has been synthesised and mesomorphic properties…