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Deschenaux, Robert

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Deschenaux, Robert
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Professeur ordinaire
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Robert.Deschenaux@unine.ch
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https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/384

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  • Publication
    Accès libre
    Dendritic liquid-crystalline fullerene–ferrocene dyads
    (2006)
    Campidelli, Stéphane
    ;
    Pérez, Laura
    ;
    Rodríguez-López Julián
    ;
    Barberá, Joaquín
    ;
    Langa, Fernando
    ;
    Deschenaux, Robert 
    First- and second-generation ferrocene-based dendrimers, fullerene and a second-generation liquid-crystalline poly(arylester) dendrimer carrying four cyanobiphenyl units were assembled to elaborate polyfunctional materials displaying mesomorphic and electronic properties. The targeted compounds gave rise to enantiotropic smectic A phases and organized into bilayer structures within the smectic layers. Cyclic voltammetry investigations revealed oxidation and reduction processes in agreement with the presence of both ferrocene and fullerene units. Finally, strong quenching of the fluorescence was obtained for the fullerene–ferrocene dyads suggesting efficient elecron transfer from the ferrocene-based dendrimer to fullerene.
  • Publication
    Accès libre
    A Mixed Fullerene-Ferrocene Thermotropic Liquid Crystal: Synthesis, Liquid-Crystalline Properties, Supramolecular Organization and Photoinduced Electron Transfer
    (2001)
    Even, Michaël
    ;
    Heinrich, Benoît
    ;
    Guillon, Daniel
    ;
    Guldi, Dirk M.
    ;
    Prato, Maurizio
    ;
    Deschenaux, Robert 
    Grafting of a ferrocene-containing liquid-crystalline malonate derivative to C60 led to the mixed fullerene-ferrocene material 1 which gave rise to a smectic A phase. Cholesterol was used as liquid-crystalline promoter. X-ray diffraction experiments and volumetric measurements indicated that 1 is organized in double layered structures. The corresponding supramolecular organization within the mesomorphic lamellar phase is characterized by a microsegregation of the different units (ferrocene, fullerene, and cholesterol) in distinct sublayers. In such a smectic A phase, C60 imposes the arrangement of the other molecular moieties. Photophysical studies revealed that electron transfer occurs from the donor ferrocene to the electron accepting fullerene. The formation of a long-lived radical pair, with lifetimes of the order of several hundred nanoseconds, was confirmed by time-resolved spectrometry, especially in the near infrared region, in which the radical anion of the fullerene moiety displays its characteristic fingerprint absorption.
  • Publication
    Accès libre
    Columnar Phases from Covalent and Hydrogen-Bonded Liquid-Crystalline Ferrocene Derivatives
    (1998)
    Deschenaux, Robert 
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    Monnet, Florence
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    Serrano, Elisabeth
    ;
    Turpin, François
    ;
    Levelut, Anne-Marie
    The synthesis and liquid-crystalline properties of tetracatenar covalent and H-bonded bis-ferrocene derivatives 1 and 2, respectively, are reported. Both compounds gave rise to enantiotropic columnar liquid-crystalline behavior with a hexagonal molecular organization. To explore the possibility to obtain also calamitic liquid-crystalline phases from H-bonded ferrocene-containing liquid crystals, a rod-shaped ferrocene mesogen 3 was synthesized, which gave rise to enantiotropic smectic C and smectic A phases. For the first time, a rational synthetic design at the ferrocene level led to ferrocene-based liquid-crystals with columnar behavior and to H-bonded metallomesogens.