Orientational Self-assembly of Nanoparticles in Nematic Droplets

Overview

Journal Nanoscale Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2022 Sep 22

PMID 36134179

Authors

Natalia Tomasovicova

Marianna Batkova

Ivan Batko

Veronika Lackova

Vlasta Zavisova

Peter Kopcansky

Jan Jadzyn

Peter Salamon

Tibor Toth-Katona

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Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally that the anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal on a solid substrate together with the anchoring of the liquid crystal on a nanoparticle surface induces orientational self-assembly of anisometric nanoparticles in liquid crystal droplets. The observed phenomenon opens a novel route for fabrication of thin colloidal films with tailored properties.

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