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Redox-active liquid crystals that have both liquid crystalline and redox properties are expected to give new and attractive electronic devises controlled by electrochemical methods at ambient conditions. We have reported the design and properties of Pt(II) metallomegens possessing redox-active catecholato or benzenedithiolato and long alkyl chain-substituted bipyridine ligands. Especially, metallomesogen possessing 3,5-t-butylcatecholato shows direct electrochemical redox responses and electrochemically -induced transformation between columnar liquid crystal and isotropic ionic liquid phases. In this work, the effects of coordinating atoms, the position of substituents, temperature, and electrolytes on electrochemical property of metallomesogens will be presented.
