title: Mutually ordered self-assembly of discotic liquid crystal-graphene nanocomposites.
abstract: The room temperature anthraquinone discotic 1,5-dihydroxy-2,3,6,7-tetrakis(3,7-dimethyloctyloxy)-9,10-anthraquinone (RTAQ) self-assembles in the presence of octadecylamine functionalized graphene (f-graphene) into an ordered sandwich like structure, where the discotic molecules form columnar structures on graphene sheets. Cryo-SEM and SEM images provide evidence for this ordering. This behaviour is also supported by polarizing optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction and conductivity studies of nanocomposites.
authors.affiliation: Raman Research Institute, C.V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore, 560080, India. skumar@rri.res.in.
authors.forename: Avinash B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Shivanandareddy
authors.forename: Suvratha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthy
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lakshminarayanan
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar