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US 11,814,346 B1Granted
Charge transportation in nanostructured functional selenium-containing liquid crystalline materials
AssigneeKing Faisal University
InventorsSaadeldin Elsayed Ibrahim Shabaan, Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Mohamed Alaasar
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Abstract
Novel Schiff base and diazo liquid crystals with a selenium center forming nanostructured Cubbi phases are presented herein. The new liquid crystals can be used for the fabrication of high-performance photovoltaic devices, while exhibiting improved thermal stability and electron-transport properties as compared to currently known liquid crystals.
Claims20
A Schiff base organoselenium-based liquid crystal having the formula I:
- wherein:
- Z is O, N, S, or Se;
- Y is H, COOH, COOMe, COOEt, NO2, CN, F, Cl, Me, Et, OMe, or OEt;
- m is an integer between 6 and 10;
- and
- n is an integer from 2 to 18.
3 more elements
A diazo organoselenium-based liquid crystal having the formula II:
- wherein:
- m is an integer between 6 and 10;
- and
- n is an integer from 4 to 20.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.