Liquid-crystalline nanoparticles: Hybrid design and mesophase structures.
Beilstein J Org Chem
; 8: 349-70, 2012.
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| ID: mdl-22509204
ABSTRACT
Liquid-crystalline nanoparticles represent an exciting class of new materials for a variety of potential applications. By combining supramolecular ordering with the fluid properties of the liquid-crystalline state, these materials offer the possibility to organise nanoparticles into addressable 2-D and 3-D arrangements exhibiting high processability and self-healing properties. Herein, we review the developments in the field of discrete thermotropic liquid-crystalline nanoparticle hybrids, with special emphasis on the relationship between the nanoparticle morphology and the nature of the organic ligand coating and their resulting phase behaviour. Mechanisms proposed to explain the supramolecular organisation of the mesogens within the liquid-crystalline phases are discussed.
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Beilstein J Org Chem
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2012
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ALEMANHA
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ALEMANIA
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DE
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DEUSTCHLAND
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GERMANY