title: ZnO/liquid crystalline nanohybrids: from properties in solution to anisotropic growth.
abstract: Branched thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs) were successfully used as stabilizers for the synthesis of isotropic photoluminescent ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) in solution. (1)H NMR spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry experiments demonstrate the existence of specific interactions between the LC and both the ZnO precursor and ZnO NPs. This offers the possibility for some branched molecules to act as structurally ordered hosts for the anisotropic growth of ZnO NPs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire IMRCP, CNRS UMR 5623, University of Toulouse, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Sarmenio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saliba
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Coppel
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mingotaud
authors.forename: Jean-Daniel
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Marty
authors.forename: Myrtil L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kahn