Implementing Liquid-Crystalline Properties in Single-Stranded Dinuclear Lanthanide Helicates

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Emmanuel Terazzi at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. The cover image shows how single‐stranded dinuclear lanthanide helicates (green) survive immersion into a drop of less polar solvent (e.g. CH2Cl2) and their eventual self‐organization into...

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Published in:European journal of inorganic chemistry 2013-07, Vol.2013 (19), p.3272-3272
Main Authors: Terazzi, Emmanuel, Zaïm, Amir, Bocquet, Bernard, Varin, Johan, Guénée, Laure, Dutronc, Thibault, Lemonnier, Jean-François, Floquet, Sébastien, Cadot, Emmanuel, Heinrich, Benoît, Donnio, Bertrand, Piguet, Claude
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Language:English
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Awards & honors
Clusters
Immersion
Lanthanides
Layouts
Liquid crystals
Magnetic properties
Nanoparticles
Optical properties
Solvents
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Summary:Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Emmanuel Terazzi at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. The cover image shows how single‐stranded dinuclear lanthanide helicates (green) survive immersion into a drop of less polar solvent (e.g. CH2Cl2) and their eventual self‐organization into a liquid‐crystalline material. I do believe that the association of the magnetic and optical properties of open‐shell metallic complexes, clusters, or nanoparticles with the self‐organization properties of liquid crystals will soon become essential in the development of molecular electronics.. This and more about the story behind the cover in the Cover Profile and about the research itself on p. 3323 ff.
ISSN:1434-1948
1099-0682
DOI:10.1002/ejic.201300628