The application of halogen bonding towards the assembly of liquid crystalline materials is a relatively recent study. While the structure and energetics of the hydrogen bond is well-established, the electrostatic attraction of the halogen bond is considerably less well-known. A series of polymers and networks utilizing 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-iodo benzene species as the halogen bond acceptor group will be synthesized. The overall stability of the halogen bond will be studied by probing the thermodynamics of the liquid crystalline phases, and compared to structurally analogous  hydrogen bonding species.

Supramolecular halogen bonded liquid crystalline polymers and networks:  A study of weak associations on mesophase stability

245th National Meeting (2013)

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