Solution‐Processable Liquid Crystals of Luminescent Aluminum(8‐Hydroxyquinoline‐5‐sulfonato) Complexes

Abstract

Ionic self-assembly is used as a convenient process to template luminescent smectic and columnar liquid-crystalline phases from ionic Alq3 complexes. The complexes are soluble in organic solvents, transparent, and luminescent films can be obtained by slow evaporation or spin-coating. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.