Peeters E, van Hal PA, Meskers SCJ, Janssen RAJ, Meijer EW (2002) Photoinduced electron
transfer in a mesogenic donor-acceptor-donor system. Chem Eur J 8(19):4470–4474
Pieterse K, van Hal PA, Kleppinger R, Vekemans JAJM, Janssen RAJ, Meijer EW (2001)
An electron-deficient discotic liquid-crystalline material. Chem Mater 13(8):2675–2679
Pisula W, Menon A, Stepputat M, Lieberwirth I, Kolb U, Tracz A, Sirringhaus H, Pakula T,
Mullen K (2005) A zone-casting technique for device fabrication of field-effect transistors
based on discotic hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene. Adv Mater 17(6):684–689
Saleh M, Park YS, Baumgarten M, Kim JJ, Mullen K (2009) Conjugated triphenylene polymers for
blue OLED devices. Macromol Rapid Commun 30(14):1279–1283
Samori P, Fechtenkotter A, Reuther E, Watson MD, Severin N, Mullen K, Rabe JP (2006) Selfassembly of perylene monoimide substituted hexa-peri-bexabenzocoronenes: dyads and triads
at surfaces. Adv Mater 18(10):1317–1321
Schmidt-Mende L, Fechtenkotter A, Mullen K, Moons E, Friend RH, MacKenzie JD (2001) Selforganized discotic liquid crystals for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics. Science
293(5532):1119–1122
Schultz A, Laschat S, Abbott AP, Langner M, Reeve TB (2000) Synthesis of novel donor-acceptor
twins. J Chem Soc Perkin Trans 1(20):3356–3361
Seguy I, Destruel P, Bock H (2000) An all-columnar bilayer light-emitting diode. Synth Met
111:15–18
Sergeyev S, Pisula W, Geerts YH (2007) Discotic liquid crystals: a new generation of organic
semiconductors. Chem Soc Rev 36(12):1902–1929
Simpson CD, Wu JS, Watson MD, Mullen K (2004) From graphite molecules to columnar
superstructures – an exercise in nanoscience. J Mater Chem 14(4):494–504
Smulders MMJ, Schenning APHJ, Meijer EW (2008) Insight into the mechanisms of cooperative
self-assembly: the “sergeants-and-soldiers” principle of chiral and achiral C 3 -symmetrical
discotic triamides. J Am Chem Soc 130(2):606–611
Tchebotareva N, Yin XM, Watson MD, Samori P, Rabe JP, Mullen K (2003) Ordered architectures
of a soluble hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene-pyrene dyad: thermotropic bulk properties and
nanoscale phase segregation at surfaces. J Am Chem Soc 125(32):9734–9739
Terao Y, Sasabe H, Adachi C (2007) Correlation of hole mobility, exciton diffusion length, and solar
cell characteristics in phthalocyanine/fullerene organic solar cells. Appl Phys Lett
90(10):103515
Tschierske C (2001) Non-conventional soft matter. Annu Rep Prog Chem Sect C 97:191–267
van de Craats AM, Warman JM (2001) The core-size effect on the mobility of charge in discotic
liquid crystalline materials. Adv Mater 13(2):130–133
van de Craats AM, Warman JM, Hasebe H, Naito R, Ohta K (1997) Charge transport in the
mesomorphic free-radical compound bis(octakis(dodecyloxy)phthalocyaninato)lutetium(III).
J Phys Chem B 101(45):9224–9232
van de Craats AM, Warman JM, Mullen K, Geerts Y, Brand JD (1998) Rapid charge transport along
self-assembling graphitic nanowires. Adv Mater 10(1):36–38
van de Craats AM, Warman JM, Fechtenkotter A, Brand JD, Harbison MA, Mullen K (1999)
Record charge carrier mobility in a room-temperature discotic liquid-crystalline derivative of
hexabenzocoronene. Adv Mater 11(17):1469–1472
van de Craats AM, Stutzmann N, Bunk O, Nielsen MM, Watson M, Mullen K, Chanzy HD,
Sirringhaus H, Friend RH (2003) Meso-epitaxial solution-growth of self-organizing discotic
liquid-crystalline semiconductors. Adv Mater 15(6):495–499
van Gorp JJ, Vekemans JAJM, Meijer EW (2002) C 3 -symmetrical supramolecular architectures: fibers
and organic gels from discotic trisamides and trisureas. J Am Chem Soc 124(49):14759–14769
Wasserfallen D, Fischbach I, Chebotareva N, Kastler M, Pisula W, Jackel F, Watson MD, Schnell I,
Rabe JP, Spiess HW, Mullen K (2005) Influence of hydrogen bonds on the supramolecular order
of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes. Adv Funct Mater 15(10):1585–1594
Zamir S, Poupko R, Luz Z, Huser B, Boeffel C, Zimmermann H (1994) Molecular ordering
and dynamics in the columnar mesophase of a new dimeric discotic liquid-crystal as studied
by X-ray-diffraction and deuterium NMR. J Am Chem Soc 116(5):1973–1980
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transfer in a mesogenic donor-acceptor-donor system. Chem Eur J 8(19):4470–4474
Pieterse K, van Hal PA, Kleppinger R, Vekemans JAJM, Janssen RAJ, Meijer EW (2001)
An electron-deficient discotic liquid-crystalline material. Chem Mater 13(8):2675–2679
Pisula W, Menon A, Stepputat M, Lieberwirth I, Kolb U, Tracz A, Sirringhaus H, Pakula T,
Mullen K (2005) A zone-casting technique for device fabrication of field-effect transistors
based on discotic hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene. Adv Mater 17(6):684–689
Saleh M, Park YS, Baumgarten M, Kim JJ, Mullen K (2009) Conjugated triphenylene polymers for
blue OLED devices. Macromol Rapid Commun 30(14):1279–1283
Samori P, Fechtenkotter A, Reuther E, Watson MD, Severin N, Mullen K, Rabe JP (2006) Selfassembly of perylene monoimide substituted hexa-peri-bexabenzocoronenes: dyads and triads
at surfaces. Adv Mater 18(10):1317–1321
Schmidt-Mende L, Fechtenkotter A, Mullen K, Moons E, Friend RH, MacKenzie JD (2001) Selforganized discotic liquid crystals for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics. Science
293(5532):1119–1122
Schultz A, Laschat S, Abbott AP, Langner M, Reeve TB (2000) Synthesis of novel donor-acceptor
twins. J Chem Soc Perkin Trans 1(20):3356–3361
Seguy I, Destruel P, Bock H (2000) An all-columnar bilayer light-emitting diode. Synth Met
111:15–18
Sergeyev S, Pisula W, Geerts YH (2007) Discotic liquid crystals: a new generation of organic
semiconductors. Chem Soc Rev 36(12):1902–1929
Simpson CD, Wu JS, Watson MD, Mullen K (2004) From graphite molecules to columnar
superstructures – an exercise in nanoscience. J Mater Chem 14(4):494–504
Smulders MMJ, Schenning APHJ, Meijer EW (2008) Insight into the mechanisms of cooperative
self-assembly: the “sergeants-and-soldiers” principle of chiral and achiral C 3 -symmetrical
discotic triamides. J Am Chem Soc 130(2):606–611
Tchebotareva N, Yin XM, Watson MD, Samori P, Rabe JP, Mullen K (2003) Ordered architectures
of a soluble hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene-pyrene dyad: thermotropic bulk properties and
nanoscale phase segregation at surfaces. J Am Chem Soc 125(32):9734–9739
Terao Y, Sasabe H, Adachi C (2007) Correlation of hole mobility, exciton diffusion length, and solar
cell characteristics in phthalocyanine/fullerene organic solar cells. Appl Phys Lett
90(10):103515
Tschierske C (2001) Non-conventional soft matter. Annu Rep Prog Chem Sect C 97:191–267
van de Craats AM, Warman JM (2001) The core-size effect on the mobility of charge in discotic
liquid crystalline materials. Adv Mater 13(2):130–133
van de Craats AM, Warman JM, Hasebe H, Naito R, Ohta K (1997) Charge transport in the
mesomorphic free-radical compound bis(octakis(dodecyloxy)phthalocyaninato)lutetium(III).
J Phys Chem B 101(45):9224–9232
van de Craats AM, Warman JM, Mullen K, Geerts Y, Brand JD (1998) Rapid charge transport along
self-assembling graphitic nanowires. Adv Mater 10(1):36–38
van de Craats AM, Warman JM, Fechtenkotter A, Brand JD, Harbison MA, Mullen K (1999)
Record charge carrier mobility in a room-temperature discotic liquid-crystalline derivative of
hexabenzocoronene. Adv Mater 11(17):1469–1472
van de Craats AM, Stutzmann N, Bunk O, Nielsen MM, Watson M, Mullen K, Chanzy HD,
Sirringhaus H, Friend RH (2003) Meso-epitaxial solution-growth of self-organizing discotic
liquid-crystalline semiconductors. Adv Mater 15(6):495–499
van Gorp JJ, Vekemans JAJM, Meijer EW (2002) C 3 -symmetrical supramolecular architectures: fibers
and organic gels from discotic trisamides and trisureas. J Am Chem Soc 124(49):14759–14769
Wasserfallen D, Fischbach I, Chebotareva N, Kastler M, Pisula W, Jackel F, Watson MD, Schnell I,
Rabe JP, Spiess HW, Mullen K (2005) Influence of hydrogen bonds on the supramolecular order
of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes. Adv Funct Mater 15(10):1585–1594
Zamir S, Poupko R, Luz Z, Huser B, Boeffel C, Zimmermann H (1994) Molecular ordering
and dynamics in the columnar mesophase of a new dimeric discotic liquid-crystal as studied
by X-ray-diffraction and deuterium NMR. J Am Chem Soc 116(5):1973–1980
8 Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Discotic Liquid Crystalline LEGOs
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