title: Optically anisotropic thin films by shear-oriented assembly of colloidal nanorods.
abstract: Device-scale thin films of highly oriented (in-plane) colloidal nanorods are made available by using a simple coating process involving thixotropic rod gel suspensions. Application of this process to LaPO₄ nanorods leads to films exhibiting outstanding anisotropic optical properties, such as a remarkably large birefringence (Δn = 0.13) associated with high transparency, and sharply polarized fluorescence spectra when doped with europium.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128, Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: Jongwook
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peretti
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lahlil
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boilot
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gacoin