Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Keywords
Thermotropic liquid crystals
Abstract
This paper summarizes recent progress toward an emerging, unconventional application of thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs) - their use as solvents for controlling the assembly of non-LC nanoscale building blocks. LCs offer a number of potential advantages compared to conventional isotropic solvents, including the ability to influence building block orientation and other structural properties. Strategies are reviewed for the exploitation of LC media to engineer order in a range of systems, including oriented organic monolayers, chiral films, and nanometer-scale particles.
Publication Title
Proceedings of SPIE
Volume
5936
Required Publisher's Statement
© (2005) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
Recommended Citation
David L. Patrick, F. Scott Wilkinson, Tiffany L. Fegurgur, "Getting organized at the nanoscale with thermotropic liquid crystal solvents", Proc. SPIE 5936, Liquid Crystals IX, 59360A (22 August 2005); doi: 10.1117/12.613665; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.613665
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Liquid crystalline solvents; Thin films--Effect of temperature on
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
