Liquid-crystalline phases made of gold nanoparticles.
Spontaneous formation of smectic and columnar structures was observed when spherical gold nanoparticles were functionalized with mesogenic thiols (see layered structure and X-ray pattern of a sample in smectic phase). The particle ordering is stimulated by softening of the interparticle potential and flexibility for deformation of the grafting layer.
Wojcik
Michal
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Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Al. Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.
Lewandowski
Wiktor
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Matraszek
Joanna
J
Mieczkowski
Jozef
J
Borysiuk
Jolanta
J
Pociecha
Damian
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Gorecka
Ewa
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