Aromatic donor-acceptor liquid crystals are a promising class of materials with potential applications in organic electronics.  However, controlling the relative order between columns in these materials, necessary for efficient device design, is extremely difficult.  Presented here is work toward the synthesis of aromatic components that are dimerized in order to achieve intercolumnar communication in these systems.  Specifically, synthesis of electron-poor naphthalene diimide dimers, connected by a rigid alkyne linker, will be discussed. 

Conjugated dimers for stabilization of aromatic donor-acceptor liquid crystals

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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