title: Facile preparation of oriented nanoporous silica films from solvent-free liquid-crystalline mixtures.
abstract: Mixtures of an amphiphilic perylene bisimide derivative and tetramethoxysilane in the absence of solvents have been found to exhibit stable columnar liquid-crystalline phases which transform into macroscopically oriented nanoporous silica films as a result of simple mechanical shearing.
authors.affiliation: Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mizoshita
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inagaki