Advanced Materials, Vol.20, No.18, 3462-3462, 2008
Solution-processable liquid crystals of luminescent aluminum(8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonato) complexes
Ionic self-assembly is used as a convenient process to template luminescent smectic and columnar liquid-crystalline phases from ionic Alq(3) complexes. The complexes are soluble in organic solvents, transparent, and luminescent films can be obtained by slow evaporation or spin-coating.