title: Stable liquid crystalline phases of colloidally dispersed exfoliated layered niobates.
abstract: Colloidally dispersed niobium oxide nanosheets obtained by exfoliation of layered niobates HNb(3)O(8) and HTiNbO(5) formed stable liquid crystalline phases; their liquid crystallinity was dependent on the niobate species exfoliated.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan. tnakat@cc.tuat.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Teruyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakato
authors.forename: Nobuyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harada