Thermoresponsive Liquid Crystals: Thermally Switchable Liquid Crystals Based on Cellulose Nanocrystals with Patchy Polymer Grafts (Small 46/2018)
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Abstract
In article number 1802060, Paul Russo, Elsa Reichmanis, Justin Zoppe, and co-workers report a bio-derived, temperature-switchable liquid crystal developed via the patchy decoration of cellulose nanocrystals with a thermoresponsive polymer. Below the lower critical solution temperature of the polymer, the cellulose nanocrystals are in an ordered phase that exhibits birefringence; above the transition temperature, the polymer chains collapse and the cellulose nanocrystals lose their liquid crystal ordering.
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OpenAlex topics: Polysaccharides Composition and Applications · Advanced Cellulose Research Studies · Advanced Materials and Mechanics
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School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 311 Ferst Dr. NW Atlanta GA 30332 USA
Adolphe Merkle Institute University of Fribourg Chemin des Verdiers 4 CH‐1700 Fribourg Switzerland
School of Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 771 Ferst Dr. NW Atlanta GA 30332 USA
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