Tuning the iridescence of chiral nematic cellulose nanocrystals and mesoporous silica films by substrate variation

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (96) ◽  
pp. 11296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanh-Dinh Nguyen ◽  
Wadood Y. Hamad ◽  
Mark J. MacLachlan
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Cellulose Nanocrystals ◽  
Silica Films ◽  
Chiral Nematic ◽  
Substrate Variation

Chiral nematic mesoporous silica films enabling multi-colour and on–off switchable circularly polarized luminescence

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (16) ◽  
pp. 6111-6115
Author(s):  
Haijing Jiang ◽  
Dan Qu ◽  
Chen Zou ◽  
Hongzhi Zheng ◽  
Yan Xu
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Silica Films ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Chiral Nematic ◽  
Circularly Polarized Luminescence ◽  
Polarized Luminescence

Chiral nematic mesoporous silica films encapsulating luminophores enabled R-CPL and multi-colour CPL with glum values of up to −0.38.

Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures

Nature ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 468 (7322) ◽  
pp. 422-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin E. Shopsowitz ◽  
Hao Qi ◽  
Wadood Y. Hamad ◽  
Mark J. MacLachlan
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Silica Films ◽  
Chiral Nematic

Design of oriented mesoporous silica films for guiding protein adsorption states

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yadong Chai ◽  
Yuri Maruko ◽  
Zizhen Liu ◽  
Motohiro Tagaya
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Protein Adsorption ◽  
Silica Films

The highly-oriented cylindrical mesoporous silica films were synthesized on the rubbing-treated polyimide, and effectively adsorbed the mesoscale biomolecules such as proteins and guided to be their anisotropic adsorption shapes.

scholarly journals Effects of morphology and pore size of mesoporous silicas on the efficiency of an immobilized enzyme

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 10010-10017
Author(s):  
Ping-Chung Kuo ◽  
Zhi-Xun Lin ◽  
Tzi-Yi Wu ◽  
Chun-Han Hsu ◽  
Hong-Ping Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Pore Size ◽  
Immobilized Enzyme ◽  
Mesoporous Silicas ◽  
High Loading ◽  
Loading Capacity ◽  
Silica Films

Mesoporous silica films were used as supports with high loading capacity and enzyme activity.

scholarly journals Concentric chiral nematic polymeric fibers from cellulose nanocrystals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arash Momeni ◽  
Christopher M. Walters ◽  
Yi-Tao Xu ◽  
Wadood Y. Hamad ◽  
Mark J. MacLachlan
Keyword(s):  
Cellulose Nanocrystals ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Capillary Tube ◽  
Single Domain ◽  
Cellulose Nanocrystal ◽  
Polymeric Fibers ◽  
Chiral Nematic ◽  
Chiral Nematic Structure ◽  
Crystalline Suspension

A cellulose nanocrystal liquid crystalline suspension was mixed with monomers and confined to a capillary tube. After photopolymerization, a fiber with a single-domain concentric chiral nematic structure throughout the length of the fiber was obtained.

Free-standing large-mesoporous silica films decorated with lanthanum as new adsorbents for efficient removal of phosphate

2019 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 111815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Jing ◽  
Yaxin Wang ◽  
Li Chen ◽  
Yunyun Wang ◽  
Xinyan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Efficient Removal ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Silica Films

scholarly journals Nanocomposites of Polyaniline and Cellulose Nanocrystals Prepared in Lyotropic Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawei Zhang ◽  
Lihong Zhang ◽  
Bingzhe Wang ◽  
Guangzhe Piao
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Cellulose Nanocrystals ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Asymmetric Reaction ◽  
Reaction Field ◽  
Electron Microscopies ◽  
Chiral Nematic ◽  
Before And After

Stable lyotropic chiral nematic liquid crystals (N*-LCs) of cellulose nanocrystals (CNs) were prepared via hydrolysis using sulfuric acid. The lyotropic N*-LCs were used as an asymmetric reaction field to synthesize polyaniline (PANI) onto CNs by in situ polymerization. As a primary step, we examined the mesophase transition of the N*-LCs of CNs suspension before and after in situ polymerization of aniline (ANI) by polarizing optical microscopy. The structure of nanocomposites of PANI/CNs was investigated at a microscopic level using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Influence of the CNs-to-ANI ratio on the morphology of the nanocomposites was also investigated at macroscopic level by scanning electron and transmission electron microscopies. It is found that the weight ratio of CNs to aniline in the suspension significantly influenced the size of the PANI particles and interaction between CNs and PANI. Moreover, electrical properties of the obtained PANI/CNs films were studied using standard four-probe technique. It is expected that the lyotropic N*-LCs of CNs might be available for an asymmetric reaction field to produce novel composites of conjugated materials.

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