Nanorods: Discotic Liquid Crystal‐Functionalized Gold Nanorods: 2‐ and 3D Self‐Assembly and Macroscopic Alignment as well as Increased Charge Carrier Mobility in Hexagonal Columnar Liquid Crystal Hosts Affected by Molecular Packing and π–π Interactions (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2015)
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Abstract
On page 1180, T. Hegmann and team show that gold nanorods decorated with discotic liquid crystals self-assemble into nanorod ribbons both in thin films on TEM grids as well as in the bulk. These nanorods can be aligned with over 75% efficiency based on the calculated order parameter and enhance the charge carrier mobility in the parent discotic liquid crystal host. The image shows the texture of the hexagonal columnar liquid crystal host H6TP doped with the functionalized gold nanorods at 1% by weight.
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OpenAlex topics: Liquid Crystal Research Advancements · Surfactants and Colloidal Systems · Photonic Crystals and Applications
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Affiliations
Department of Chemistry University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada
Nanotechnology Research Institute National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Ikeda Osaka Japan
Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Kent State University Kent OH 44242‐0001 USA
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