In situ polymerization of liquid-crystalline thin films of electron-transporting perylene tetracarboxylic bisimide bearing cyclotetrasiloxane rings
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A perylene tetracarboxylic bisimide (PTCBI) derivative bearing four cyclotetrasiloxane rings that forms a columnar phase at room temperature despite the presence of the bulky cyclotetrasiloxane rings and itsin situpolymerization were reported.