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Supramolecular bending and twisting in the hierarchical self-assembly of monodisperse mesogenic oligomers.

Chun Lam Clement Chan, Emily C Ostermann, Shawn M Maguire, Zachary Schmidt, Jacob S Votava, Patryk Wąsik, Michael A Webb, Emily C Davidson

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Chun Lam Clement ChanDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5812-8440
Emily C OstermannDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7592-8028
Shawn M MaguireDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5317-4990
Zachary SchmidtDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Jacob S VotavaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7466-1763
Patryk WąsikNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Complex Scattering Program, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7447-7472
Michael A WebbDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7420-4474
Emily C DavidsonDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5819-9233

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Abstract

Understanding how different forms of supramolecular curvature arise during assembly is crucial to designing and tuning the microstructure of hierarchically self-assembled materials. Here, we show that in crystalline phases of mesogenic oligomers, the oligomer length is a critical parameter that determines the type of curvature (Gaussian or cylindrical) exhibited by the self-assembled structures. We use iterative exponential growth to synthesize monodisperse mesogenic oligomers ranging from dimer to octamer. By analyzing their phase behavior and microstructure, we elucidate how length-dependent thermodynamic and kinetic effects tune their hierarchical degree of ordering. The oligomers' length-dependent crystalline order drives the formation of scrolled sheets in shorter oligomers and twisted ribbons in longer oligomers. These studies highlight how oligomer length interplays with mesogen geometry and crystalline packing to drive self-assembly, introducing oligomer length as a powerful design parameter toward tailored applications of mesogenic systems.

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