Orientational self-assembly of nanoparticles in nematic droplets

We demonstrate experimentally that the anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal on a solid substrate together with the anchoring of the liquid crystal on a nanoparticle surface induces orientational self-assembly of anisometric nanoparticles in liquid crystal droplets. The observed phenomenon opens a n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tomašovičová, Natália, Batkova, Marianna, Batko, Ivan, Lacková, Veronika, Zavišová, Vlasta, Kopčanský, Peter, Jadżyn, Jan, Salamon, Péter, Tóth-Katona, Tibor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: RSC 2021
Materias:
Chemistry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9418037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36134179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1na00089f
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Sumario:We demonstrate experimentally that the anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal on a solid substrate together with the anchoring of the liquid crystal on a nanoparticle surface induces orientational self-assembly of anisometric nanoparticles in liquid crystal droplets. The observed phenomenon opens a novel route for fabrication of thin colloidal films with tailored properties.

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