Liquid crystalline coronene derivatives with extraordinary fluorescence properties

: Tempering of polystyrene films containing the novel liquid crystalline coronenebis(dicarboximide)s 2, which are formed by an easy route from perylene-3,4;9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (1), leads to a shift of the emission within a few seconds. This could be used for dot-by-dot coloring and thus optical displays. The photoluminescence properties of 2 in the solid matrix are dependent on the nature of the aggregates formed.