A liquid-crystalline hexagonal columnar phase in highly-dilute suspensions of imogolite nanotubes
oleh: Erwan Paineau, Marie-Eve M. Krapf, Mohamed-Salah Amara, Natalia V. Matskova, Ivan Dozov, Stéphan Rouzière, Antoine Thill, Pascale Launois, Patrick Davidson
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Liquid crystals are grouped into four main classes—nematic, lamellar, cubic and columnar—depending on their symmetries. Here, the authors show for the first time that a columnar phase can form in suspensions of imogolite nanotubes at very low concentrations.