Fig. 1. Synthetic route to the amphiphilic molecule EAF8-I

Fig. 2. Synthesis route to silver acrylate

Fig. 3. Synthetic route to the amphiphilic molecule EAF8-AC ^［24］

Fig. 4. Synthetic route to the amphiphilic molecule EAC8-Br

Fig. 5. （a） Concentration phase diagram of lyotropic liquid crystals formed by the amphiphilic molecule EAF8-AC with water at room temperature； （b） Photographs of the taxture structure of the EAF8-AC liquid crystal samples with amphiphilic molecule mass fractions of 60%， 80% and 90%， respectively， under a polarized optical microscope.

Fig. 6. 1-D SAXS integration curves of liquid crystal samples with different mass fractions of the amphiphilic molecule EAF8-AC

Fig. 7. Critical packing parameter theory reveals the principle of liquid crystal phase structure transformation. （a） Schematic structure of amphiphilic molecule； （b） Schematic geometry of amphiphilic molecule of approximate cylindrical shape and lamellar stacking structure when the CPP value is between 1/2 and 1； （c） Schematic geometry of amphiphilic molecule of conical shape and hexagonal columnar phase stacking structure when the CPP value is between 1/3 and 1/2.