This Review covers the recent developments (2005–2015) in the design, synthesis,
characterization, and application of thermotropic ionic liquid crystals. It was designed to give …

Conspectus Low-density molecular host frameworks, whether equipped with persistent
molecular-scale pores or virtual pores that are sustainable only when occupied by guest …

The emergent properties that arise from self-assembly and molecular recognition
phenomena are a direct consequence of non-covalent interactions. Gas-phase …

A permanently porous crystalline solid is reported that is sustained exclusively by charge-
assisted H-bonds. The single-crystal X-ray structure of a layered H-bonded solid, compound …

Currently, it is still a huge challenge to prepare flame-retardant polymeric materials with
excellent fire safety, high strength, good durability and processability. We here propose a H …

We have examined the influence of two aspects of surfactant structure tail branching and tail
organization on the orientational ordering (so-called anchoring) of water-immiscible …

T-shaped polyphilic triblock molecules, consisting of a rodlike p-terphenyl unit, a hydrophilic
and flexible laterally attached oligo (oxyethylene) chain terminated by an 1-acylamino-1 …

A new series of porphyrin paddlewheel frameworks (PPFs) has been assembled from 5, 10,
15, 20-tetrakis (4-carboxyl)-21 H, 23 H-porphine (TCPP), Zn (NO3) 2· 6H2O, and organic …

Guest-free guanidinium organomonosulfonates (GMS) and their inclusion compounds
display a variety of lamellar crystalline architectures distinguished by different “up− down” …

Dielectric, calorimetric, and X-ray diffraction methods have been employed to characterize
the crystals of guanidinium tetrafluoroborate and guanidinium perchlorate, both built of two …