Synthesis of Nickel Bowl-like Nanoparticles and Their Doping for Inducing Planar Alignment of a Nematic Liquid Crystal
- 10 May 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 133 (22), 8389-8391
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja201101p
Abstract
Nickel bowl-like nanoparticles have first been synthesized by a magnetic self-assembly process stabilized by polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) without any sphere-like materials as templates. A trace of doped bowls can induce liquid crystal (LC) molecules into a perfect planar alignment, attributable to their bowl-like shape and magnetic self-assembly into a 1D structure. It would provide a novel method of establishing LCs alignment by doping special nanostructured materials.Keywords
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