Predicting Sizes of Hexagonal and Gyroid Metal Nanostructures from Liquid Crystal Templating
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Predicting Sizes of Hexagonal and Gyroid Metal Nanostructures from Liquid Crystal Templating.
We describe a method to predict and control the lattice parameters of hexagonal and gyroid mesoporous materials formed by liquid crystal templating. In the first part, we describe a geometric model with which the lattice parameters of different liquid crystal mesophases can be predicted as a function of their water/surfactant/oil volume fractions, based on certain geometric parameters relating ...
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عنوان ژورنال: ACS Nano
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1936-0851,1936-086X
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04176