scholarly journals Cellulose nanocrystal-based materials: from liquid crystal self-assembly and glass formation to multifunctional thin films

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e80-e80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan P F Lagerwall ◽  
Christina Schütz ◽  
Michaela Salajkova ◽  
JungHyun Noh ◽  
Ji Hyun Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Glass Formation ◽  
Cellulose Nanocrystal

scholarly journals Sub‐5 nm Patterning by Directed Self‐Assembly of Oligo(Dimethylsiloxane) Liquid Crystal Thin Films

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (45) ◽  
pp. 10068-10072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Nickmans ◽  
Jeffrey N. Murphy ◽  
Bas de Waal ◽  
Philippe Leclère ◽  
Jan Doise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Self Assembly

Periodically Birefringent Thin Films Grown out of the Isotropic Phase of a Bent-Core Banana-Shaped Liquid Crystal

2010 ◽  
Vol 428-429 ◽  
pp. 228-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Lan Ma ◽  
Yuan Ming Huang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Microscopy ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Isotropic Phase ◽  
Periodic Modulation ◽  
Polarized Optical Microscopy ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
The Difference

Periodically birefringent thin films growing out of the isotropic phase of the banana-shaped liquid crystal 1,3-phenylene-bis (4-butoxybenzyldiamine) were investigated with polarized optical microscopy. The gown thin films of the periodic modulation of the birefringent index self-assembled by the banana-shaped LC molecules were attributed to the difference of the molecular composing structures. Further the driving forces of the banana-shaped molecular self-assembly were discussed.

Reversible microscale assembly of nanoparticles driven by the phase transition of a thermotropic liquid crystal

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niamh Mac Fhionnlaoich ◽  
Stephen Schrettl ◽  
Nicholas B. Tito ◽  
Ye Yang ◽  
Malavika Nair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Nematic Phase ◽  
Hierarchical Control ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Model System ◽  
Microscopic Level ◽  
Reversible Process ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystal

The arrangement of nanoscale building blocks into patterns with microscale periodicity is challenging to achieve via self-assembly processes. Here, we report on the phase transition-driven collective assembly of gold nanoparticles in a thermotropic liquid crystal. A temperature-induced transition from the isotropic to the nematic phase leads to the assembly of individual nanometre-sized particles into arrays of micrometre-sized aggregates, whose size and characteristic spacing can be tuned by varying the cooling rate. This fully reversible process offers hierarchical control over structural order on the molecular, nanoscopic, and microscopic level and is an interesting model system for the programmable patterning of nanocomposites with access to micrometre-sized periodicities.

Application of Thin Films of Conjugated Polymers in Novel LED's and Liquid Crystal 'Light Valves'

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. MacDiarmid ◽  
H. L. Wang ◽  
F. Huang ◽  
J. K. Avlyanov ◽  
P. C. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Conjugated Polymers

Heat Resistance of Ga-Doped ZnO Thin Films for Application as Transparent Electrodes in Liquid Crystal Displays

2010 ◽  
Vol 157 (2) ◽  
pp. J13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Yamamoto ◽  
Hisao Makino ◽  
Takahiro Yamada ◽  
Yoshinori Hirashima ◽  
Hiroaki Iwaoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Heat Resistance ◽  
Liquid Crystal Displays ◽  
Zno Thin Films ◽  
Transparent Electrodes ◽  
Doped Zno

scholarly journals Orientational self-assembly of nanoparticles in nematic droplets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natália Tomašovičová ◽  
Marianna Batkova ◽  
Ivan Batko ◽  
Veronika Lacková ◽  
Vlasta Zavišová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Self Assembly

The interplay between the anchoring of liquid crystal (LC) molecules at the substrate and at the surface of nanoparticles (NPs) results in an orientational self-assembly of nanoparticles in sessile nematic droplets.

Nanoscratch-Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymer Thin Films

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 5772-5781
Author(s):  
Dong Hyup Kim ◽  
Ahram Suh ◽  
Geonhyeong Park ◽  
Dong Ki Yoon ◽  
So Youn Kim
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Block Copolymer ◽  
Self Assembly

nnEngineering coumarin-BODIPY thin-films and molecular crystals: tailoring supramolecular self-assembly for organic electronic applications

2021 ◽  
pp. 130437
Author(s):  
Javier Ordóñez-Hernández ◽  
Rafael Arcos-Ramos ◽  
Violeta Alvarez-Venicio ◽  
Vladimir A. Basiuk ◽  
Oscar González-Antonio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Molecular Crystals ◽  
Organic Electronic

scholarly journals Strain-Relief Patterns and Kagome Lattice in Self-Assembled C60 Thin Films Grown on Cd(0001)

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (13) ◽  
pp. 6880
Author(s):  
Zilong Wang ◽  
Minlong Tao ◽  
Daxiao Yang ◽  
Zuo Li ◽  
Mingxia Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Ultra High Vacuum ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Kagome Lattice ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Kagomé Lattice ◽  
Temperature Scanning ◽  
C60 Films

We report an ultra-high vacuum low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) study of the C60 monolayer grown on Cd(0001). Individual C60 molecules adsorbed on Cd(0001) may exhibit a bright or dim contrast in STM images. When deposited at low temperatures close to 100 K, C60 thin films present a curved structure to release strain due to dominant molecule–substrate interactions. Moreover, edge dislocation appears when two different wavy structures encounter each other, which has seldomly been observed in molecular self-assembly. When growth temperature rose, we found two forms of symmetric kagome lattice superstructures, 2 × 2 and 4 × 4, at room temperature (RT) and 310 K, respectively. The results provide new insight into the growth behavior of C60 films.

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