title: Flexible, transparent nanocomposite film with a large clay component and ordered structure obtained by a simple solution-casting method.
abstract: A flexible, transparent nanocomposite (NC) film with 57 wt % inorganic components was obtained by the simple casting of a solution of Laponite and modified organic molecules through a sol-gel reaction. The NC film has solvent resistance and a disco-nematic liquid-crystalline-like structure of Laponite that originates from the cross linking of Laponite by silanol agents and the large amount of Laponite in the film.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei 184-8588, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shikinaka
authors.forename: Kazuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aizawa
authors.forename: Nozomu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokita
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kiyotaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shigehara