scholarly journals 1D materials from ionic self-assembly in mixtures containing chromonic liquid crystal mesogens

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (40) ◽  
pp. 23276-23285
Author(s):  
Carlos Rodríguez-Abreu ◽  
Yury V. Kolen'ko ◽  
Kirill Kovnir ◽  
Margarita Sanchez-Dominguez ◽  
Rekha Goswami Shrestha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Carbon Nanofibers ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Chromonic Mesogens

One-dimensional materials including carbon nanofibers can be produced from the ionic self-assembly of porphyrin-based chromonic mesogens.

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.

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.

scholarly journals Synthesis of aminated polystyrene and its self-assembly with nanoparticles at oil/water interface

e-Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-327
Author(s):  
Chenliang Shi ◽  
Ling Lin ◽  
Yukun Yang ◽  
Wenjia Luo ◽  
Maoqing Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Carbon Dots ◽  
Chain Transfer ◽  
Functionalized Polymers ◽  
Amino Groups ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Reversible Addition ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Chain Transfer Polymerization

AbstractThe influence of density of amino groups, nanoparticles dimension and pH on the interaction between end-functionalized polymers and nanoparticles was extensively investigated in this study. PS–NH2 and H2N–PS–NH2 were prepared using reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization. Zero-dimensional carbon dots with sulfonate groups, one-dimensional cellulose nanocrystals with sulfate groups and two-dimensional graphene with sulfonate groups in the aqueous phase were added into the toluene phase containing the aminated PS. The results indicate that aminated PS exhibited the strongest interfacial activity after compounding with sulfonated nanoparticles at a pH of 3. PS ended with two amino groups performed better in reducing the water/toluene interfacial tension than PS ended with only one amino group. The dimension of sulfonated nanoparticles also contributed significantly to the reduction in the water/toluene interfacial tension. The minimal interfacial tension was 4.49 mN/m after compounding PS–NH2 with sulfonated zero-dimensional carbon dots.

2D Self-assembly and Electronic Characterization of Oxygen-Boron-Oxygen-Doped Chiral Graphene Nanoribbons

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Jin ◽  
Nerea Bilbao ◽  
Yang Lv ◽  
Xiao-Ye Wang ◽  
Soltani Paniz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Edge Effects ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Quantum Confinement ◽  
Graphene Nanoribbons ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Past ◽  
Different Types

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), quasi-one-dimensional strips of graphene, exhibit a nonzero bandgap due to quantum confinement and edge effects. In the past decade, different types of GNRs with atomically precise structures...

scholarly journals The magneto-elastica : from self-buckling to self-assembly

2014 ◽  
Vol 470 (2162) ◽  
pp. 20130609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Vella ◽  
Emmanuel du Pontavice ◽  
Cameron L. Hall ◽  
Alain Goriely
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Permanent Magnets ◽  
Energy Estimates ◽  
Dimensional Chain ◽  
Elastic Rod ◽  
Straight Chain ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Vibration Dynamics ◽  
Magnetic Strength ◽  
A Chain

Spherical neodymium–iron–boron magnets are permanent magnets that can be assembled into a variety of structures owing to their high magnetic strength. A one-dimensional chain of these magnets responds to mechanical loadings in a manner reminiscent of an elastic rod. We investigate the macroscopic mechanical properties of assemblies of ferromagnetic spheres by considering chains, rings and chiral cylinders of magnets. Based on energy estimates and simple experiments, we introduce an effective magnetic bending stiffness for a chain of magnets and show that, used in conjunction with classic results for elastic rods, it provides excellent estimates for the buckling and vibration dynamics of magnetic chains. We then use this estimate to understand the dynamic self-assembly of a cylinder from an initially straight chain of magnets.

Direct observation of one-dimensional plasmon coupling in metallic nanofibers prepared by evaporation-induced self-assembly with DNA

Nanoscale ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (21) ◽  
pp. 6814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidenobu Nakao ◽  
Shiho Tokonami ◽  
Taichi Hamada ◽  
Hiroshi Shiigi ◽  
Tsutomu Nagaoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Direct Observation ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Plasmon Coupling ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Evaporation Induced Self Assembly
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