02312nas a2200277   4500008004100000022001400041245010400055210006900159260000800228300001200236490000700248520139100255653002301646653002701669653002101696653002901717653000901746653001801755653002901773653003001802100001501832700001901847700002001866700001701886856013101903       2017                        eng d  a0887-624X00aLiquid crystalline supramolecular crosslinked polymer complexes of ditopic rylenebisimides and P4VP0 aLiquid crystalline supramolecular crosslinked polymer complexes   cMAR  a951-9590 v553 a<p>Perylenebisimide and naphthalenebisimide (PBIPDP and NBI-PDP) end functionalized with pentadecyl phenol is designed as ditopic hydrogen bonding acceptors to form supramolecular crosslinked network with poly(4-vinyl pyridine) (P4VP). The pristine PBI-PDP has been grown as single crystals from DCM-MeOH (dichloromethane-methanol) mixture at room temperature, which revealed a P21 space group. Noticeably, the pentadecyl alkyl chain shields the aromatic perylene core on both sides resulting in the absence of p-p interaction in single-crystal assembly. The naphthalenebisimide derivative exhibits thermotropic liquid crystalline behavior, while both the molecules exhibits lyotropic liquid crystalline phases in tetrahydrofuran (THF), which were characterized using a combination of differential scanning calorimeter, X-ray diffraction, and polarized light microscopy. The hydrogen-bonded complex of both the rylenebisimides with P4VP preserves the mesomorphic properties in THF. The electron transport mobility measured by space charge limited current measurements reveals a two orders of magnitude increase in the charge transport in the P4VP complex compared to that of the pristine molecule. The average electron mobility obtained is mu(e, avg): 10(-3) cm(2)/Vs for P4VP-PBI compared to mu(e, avg): 10(-5) cm(2)/Vs for pristine PBI derivative. (C) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</p>10acrystal structures10aditopic rylenebisimide10ahydrogen bonding10alyotropic liquid crystal10aP4VP10aSelf-assembly10asupramolecular crosslink10asupramolecular structures1 aSaibal, B.1 aNarayan, Rekha1 aChithiravel, S.1 aAsha, S., K.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/liquid-crystalline-supramolecular-crosslinked-polymer-complexes-ditopic-rylenebisimides-and