Colloidal cholesteric liquid crystal in spherical confinement

Confinement-induced organization of nanoparticles is utilized to generate new structures with novel optical or magnetic properties. Here, Li et al.show that colloidal liquid crystals formed by rod-like nanoparticles self-assemble into various geometries depending on the degree of spherical confineme...

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Autores principales: Yunfeng Li, Jeffrey Jun-Yan Suen, Elisabeth Prince, Egor M. Larin, Anna Klinkova, Héloïse Thérien-Aubin, Shoujun Zhu, Bai Yang, Amr S. Helmy, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Eugenia Kumacheva
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/966812633cd943e8992df1b0e244d553
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Sumario:Confinement-induced organization of nanoparticles is utilized to generate new structures with novel optical or magnetic properties. Here, Li et al.show that colloidal liquid crystals formed by rod-like nanoparticles self-assemble into various geometries depending on the degree of spherical confinement in droplets.