Abstract
1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloropalladate(ii) salts ([C-n-mim](2)[PdCl4], n = 10, 12, 14, 16, 18) containing a single, linear alkyl-chain substituent on the cation have been synthesised and their behaviour characterised by differential scanning calorimetry, polarising optical microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering. The salts display thermotropic polymorphism, exhibiting both crystal-crystal transitions and, for n = 14-18, the formation of a thermotropic smectic liquid crystalline phase.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 346-350 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- General Materials Science
- Materials Chemistry