000611664 001__ 611664 000611664 005__ 20250715170840.0 000611664 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1021/acsnano.4c01062 000611664 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1936-0851 000611664 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1936-086X 000611664 0247_ $$2datacite_doi$$a10.3204/PUBDB-2024-04998 000611664 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:163508264 000611664 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:38760015 000611664 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:001227280600001 000611664 0247_ $$2openalex$$aopenalex:W4396988794 000611664 037__ $$aPUBDB-2024-04998 000611664 041__ $$aEnglish 000611664 082__ $$a540 000611664 1001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1095928$$aLi, Zhuoqing$$b0$$udesy 000611664 245__ $$aSelf-Assembly of Ionic Superdiscs in Nanopores 000611664 260__ $$aWashington, DC$$bSoc.$$c2024 000611664 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000611664 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000611664 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1738233197_3825142 000611664 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000611664 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000611664 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000611664 520__ $$aDiscotic ionic liquid crystals (DILCs) consist of self-assembled superdiscs of cations and anions that spontaneously stack in linear columns with high one-dimensional ionic and electronic charge mobility, making them prominent model systems for functional soft matter. Compared to classical nonionic discotic liquid crystals, many liquid crystalline structures with a combination of electronic and ionic conductivity have been reported, which are of interest for separation membranes, artificial ion/proton conducting membranes, and optoelectronics. Unfortunately, a homogeneous alignment of the DILCs on the macroscale is often not achievable, which significantly limits the applicability of DILCs. Infiltration into nanoporous solid scaffolds can, in principle, overcome this drawback. However, due to the experimental challenges to scrutinize liquid crystalline order in extreme spatial confinement, little is known about the structures of DILCs in nanopores. Here, we present temperature-dependent high-resolution optical birefringence measurement and 3D reciprocal space mapping based on synchrotron X-ray scattering to investigate the thermotropic phase behavior of dopamine-based ionic liquid crystals confined in cylindrical channels of 180 nm diameter in macroscopic anodic aluminum oxide membranes. As a function of the membranes’ hydrophilicity and thus the molecular anchoring to the pore walls (edge-on or face-on) and the variation of the hydrophilic–hydrophobic balance between the aromatic cores and the alkyl side chain motifs of the superdiscs by tailored chemical synthesis, we find a particularly rich phase behavior, which is not present in the bulk state. It is governed by a complex interplay of liquid crystalline elastic energies (bending and splay deformations), polar interactions, and pure geometric confinement and includes textural transitions between radial and axial alignment of the columns with respect to the long nanochannel axis. Furthermore, confinement-induced continuous order formation is observed in contrast to discontinuous first-order phase transitions, which can be quantitatively described by Landau-de Gennes free energy models for liquid crystalline order transitions in confinement. Our observations suggest that the infiltration of DILCs into nanoporous solids allows tailoring their nanoscale texture and ion channel formation and thus their electrical and optical functionalities over an even wider range than in the bulk state in a homogeneous manner on the centimeter scale as controlled by the monolithic nanoporous scaffolds. 000611664 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632$$a632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and Functional Materials (POF4-632)$$cPOF4-632$$fPOF IV$$x0 000611664 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3$$a6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3)$$cPOF4-6G3$$fPOF IV$$x1 000611664 536__ $$0G:(GEPRIS)430146019$$aDFG project G:(GEPRIS)430146019 - Ionische Flüssigkristalle in Nanoporösen Festkörpern: Selbstorganisation, molekulare Mobilität und elektro-optische Funktionalitäten (430146019)$$c430146019$$x2 000611664 542__ $$2Crossref$$i2024-05-17$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 000611664 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef, Journals: bib-pubdb1.desy.de 000611664 693__ $$0EXP:(DE-H253)P-P08-20150101$$1EXP:(DE-H253)PETRAIII-20150101$$6EXP:(DE-H253)P-P08-20150101$$aPETRA III$$fPETRA Beamline P08$$x0 000611664 7001_ $$aRaab, Aileen$$b1 000611664 7001_ $$aKolmangadi, Mohamed Aejaz$$b2 000611664 7001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1020038$$aBusch, Mark$$b3 000611664 7001_ $$aGrunwald, Marco$$b4 000611664 7001_ $$aDemel, Felix$$b5 000611664 7001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1007852$$aBertram, Florian$$b6$$udesy 000611664 7001_ $$00000-0002-4823-3220$$aKityk, Andriy V.$$b7 000611664 7001_ $$00000-0003-4330-9107$$aSchönhals, Andreas$$b8 000611664 7001_ $$aLaschat, Sabine$$b9 000611664 7001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1013897$$aHuber, Patrick$$b10$$eCorresponding author 000611664 77318 $$2Crossref$$3journal-article$$a10.1021/acsnano.4c01062$$bAmerican Chemical Society (ACS)$$d2024-05-17$$n22$$p14414-14426$$tACS Nano$$v18$$x1936-0851$$y2024 000611664 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)2383064-5$$a10.1021/acsnano.4c01062$$gVol. 18, no. 22, p. 14414 - 14426$$n22$$p14414-14426$$tACS nano$$v18$$x1936-0851$$y2024 000611664 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/611664/files/li-et-al-2024-self-assembly-of-ionic-superdiscs-in-nanopores.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000611664 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/611664/files/li-et-al-2024-self-assembly-of-ionic-superdiscs-in-nanopores.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yOpenAccess 000611664 909CO $$ooai:bib-pubdb1.desy.de:611664$$pdnbdelivery$$pdriver$$pVDB$$popen_access$$popenaire 000611664 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)2008985-5$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1095928$$aDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron$$b0$$kDESY 000611664 9101_ $$0I:(DE-H253)_CFEL-20120731$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1095928$$aCentre for Free-Electron Laser Science$$b0$$kCFEL 000611664 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1020038$$aExternal Institute$$b3$$kExtern 000611664 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)2008985-5$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1020038$$aDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron$$b3$$kDESY 000611664 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)2008985-5$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1007852$$aDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron$$b6$$kDESY 000611664 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)2008985-5$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1013897$$aDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron$$b10$$kDESY 000611664 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1013897$$aExternal Institute$$b10$$kExtern 000611664 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-630$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-600$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bForschungsbereich Materie$$lVon Materie zu Materialien und Leben$$vMaterials – Quantum, Complex and Functional Materials$$x0 000611664 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G0$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-600$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bForschungsbereich Materie$$lGroßgeräte: Materie$$vPETRA III (DESY)$$x1 000611664 9141_ $$y2024 000611664 915__ $$0LIC:(DE-HGF)CCBYNCND4$$2HGFVOC$$aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0113$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index Expanded$$d2023-10-25 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0160$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bEssential Science Indicators$$d2023-10-25 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0200$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bSCOPUS$$d2025-01-07 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0300$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bMedline$$d2025-01-07 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0199$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bClarivate Analytics Master Journal List$$d2025-01-07 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bCurrent Contents - Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences$$d2025-01-07 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bWeb of Science Core Collection$$d2025-01-07 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0100$$2StatID$$aJCR$$bACS NANO : 2022$$d2025-01-07 000611664 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)9915$$2StatID$$aIF >= 15$$bACS NANO : 2022$$d2025-01-07 000611664 9201_ $$0I:(DE-H253)CIMMS-20211022$$kCIMMS$$lCIMMS-RA Center for integr. 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