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100. Kasdorf O, Kitzerow H-S, Lenoble-Zwahlen J, Deschenaux R (2010) Influence of a
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101. Lenoble J, Maringa N, Campidelli S, Donnio B, Guillon D, Deschenaux R (2006) Liquidcrystalline fullerodendrimers which display columnar phases. Org Lett 8(9):1851–1854.
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Nanomechanical Function Arising from the Complex Architecture of Dendronized. . .
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Chem Eur J 12(24):6298–6314. doi:10.1002/chem.200501195
86. Percec V, Aqad E, Peterca M, Imam MR, Glodde M, Bera TK, Miura Y, Balagurusamy VSK,
Ewbank PC, Wu ¨rthner F, Heiney PA (2007) Self-assembly of semifluorinated minidendrons
attached to electron-acceptor groups into pyramidal columns. Chem Eur J 13(12):3330–3345.
doi:10.1002/chem.200600901
87. Percec V, Hudson SD, Peterca M, Leowanawat P, Aqad E, Graf R, Spiess HW, Zeng X,
Ungar G, Heiney PA (2011) Self-repairing complex helical columns generated via kinetically
controlled self-assembly of dendronized perylene bisimides. J Am Chem Soc 133
(45):18479–18494. doi:10.1021/ja208501d
88. Percec V, Peterca M, Tadjiev T, Zeng X, Ungar G, Leowanawat P, Aqad E, Imam MR, Rosen
BM, Akbey U, Graf R, Sekharan S, Sebestiani D, Spiess HW, Heiney PA, Hudson SD (2011)
Self-assembly of dendronized perylene bisimides into complex helical columns. J Am Chem
Soc 133(31):12197–12219. doi:10.1021/ja204366b
89. Percec V, Sun H-J, Leowanawat P, Peterca M, Graf R, Spiess HW, Zeng X, Ungar G, Heiney
PA (2013) Transformation from kinetically into thermodynamically controlled selforganization of complex helical columns with 3D periodicity assembled from dendronized
perylene bisimides. J Am Chem Soc 135(10):4129–4148. doi:10.1021/ja400639q
90. Lai CK, Serrette AG, Swager TM (1992) Discotic bimetallomesogens: building blocks for the
formation of new columnar arrangements of transition metals. J Am Chem Soc 114
(5):1887–1889. doi:10.1021/ja00031a057
91. Serrette AG, Swager TM (1993) Controlling intermolecular associations with molecular
superstructure: Polar discotic linear chain phases. J Am Chem Soc 115(19):8879–8880.
doi:10.1021/ja00072a067
92. Barbera ´ J, Iglesias R, Serrano JL, Sierra T, de la Fuente MR, Palacios B, Pe ´rez-Jubindo MA,
Va ´zquez JT (1998) Switchable columnar metallomesogens. New helical self-assembling
systems. J Am Chem Soc 120(12):2908–2918. doi:10.1021/ja9735012
93. Sato K, Itoh Y, Aida T (2011) Columnarly assembled liquid-crystalline peptidic macrocycles
unidirectionally orientable over a large area by an electric field. J Am Chem Soc 133
(35):13767–13769. doi:10.1021/ja203894r
94. Cameron JH, Facher A, Lattermann G, Diele S (1997) Poly(propyleneimine)
dendromesogens with hexagonal columnar mesophase. Adv Mater 9(5):398–403.
doi:10.1002/adma.19970090507
95. Percec V, Rudick JG, Peterca M, Yurchenko ME, Smidrkal J, Heiney PA (2008) Supramolecular structural diversity among first-generation hybrid dendrimers and twin dendrons.
Chem Eur J 14(11):3355–3362. doi:10.1002/chem.200701658
96. Percec V, Imam MR, Peterca M, Cho W-D, Heiney PA (2009) Self-assembling dendronized
dendrimers. Isr J Chem 49(1):55–70. doi:10.1560/IJC.49.1.5
97. Maringa N, Lenoble J, Donnio B, Guillon D, Deschenaux R (2008) Liquid-crystalline
methanofullerodendrimers which display columnar mesomorphism. J Mater Chem 18
(13):1524–1534. doi:10.1039/B717105F
98. Deschenaux R, Donnio B, Guillon D (2007) Liquid-crystalline fullerodendrimers. New J
Chem 31(7):1064–1073. doi:10.1039/B617671M
99. Matsuo Y, Muramatsu A, Kamikawa Y, Kato T, Nakamura E (2006) Synthesis and structural,
electrochemical, and stacking properties of conical molecules possessing buckyferrocene on
the apex. J Am Chem Soc 128(30):9586–9587. doi:10.1021/ja062757h
100. Kasdorf O, Kitzerow H-S, Lenoble-Zwahlen J, Deschenaux R (2010) Influence of a
mesogenic dendrimer on the morphology of polymer-fullerene composites for photovoltaics.
Jpn J Appl Phys 49:01AF01. doi:10.1143/JJAP.49.01AF01
101. Lenoble J, Maringa N, Campidelli S, Donnio B, Guillon D, Deschenaux R (2006) Liquidcrystalline fullerodendrimers which display columnar phases. Org Lett 8(9):1851–1854.
doi:10.1021/ol0603920
Nanomechanical Function Arising from the Complex Architecture of Dendronized. . .
359