title: A chiral smectic structure assembled from nanosheets and nanorods.
abstract: Here we report a novel chiral smectic through self-assembling two-dimensional graphene oxide nanosheets and one-dimensional cellulose nanorods. As shown by a phase diagram, the formation of the chiral smectic strictly depends on the ratio of nanosheets to nanorods as well as the concentration of the composite colloid. It would open up a new way for the development of mesoscopic materials with tunable physical properties, such as optical metamaterials with application in optical modulation and mechanochromic sensors.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Engineering Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. smzhu@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Engineering Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. smzhu@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Engineering Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. smzhu@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA5095, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-7779
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Engineering Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. smzhu@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Engineering Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. smzhu@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: S
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3145-4446
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu