Thermo-sensitive discotic colloidal liquid crystals.
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چکیده
We fabricated for the first time thermo-sensitive discotic liquid crystals by grafting poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) onto zirconium phosphate (ZrP) platelets using pre-irradiated polymerization. The I-N transition was investigated by adjusting the temperature for a single set of samples. We found that soft disks self-assemble into nematic liquid crystals in a wider thickness-over-diameter ratio than do hard disks.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Soft matter
دوره 10 39 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014