Colloidal cholesteric liquid crystal in spherical confinement
oleh: 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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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-08-01 |
Deskripsi
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.