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Ogata K, Matsumoto K, Kobayashi Y, Kubo S, Shishido A. Unidirectional Alignment of Surface-Grafted ZnO Nanorods in Micrometer-Thick Cells Using Low-Molecular-Weight Liquid Crystals. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27030689. [PMID: 35163954 PMCID: PMC8839402 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Inorganic nanomaterials such as nanotubes and nanorods have attracted great attention due to their anisotropic properties. Although the alignment control of inorganic nanomaterials is key to the development of functional devices utilizing their fascinating properties, there is still difficulty in achieving uniform alignment over a large area with a micrometer thickness. To overcome this problem, we focused on liquid crystals (LCs) to promote the alignment of anisotropic nanomaterials, taking advantage of the cooperative motion of LCs. We present the uniform, one-dimensional alignment of ZnO nanorods along the direction of LCs in micrometer-thick cells by grafting nematic LC polymers from the nanorod surfaces to provide miscibility with the host LCs. Polarized optical microscopy and polarized UV-visible absorption spectroscopy revealed the unidirectional alignment of nematic LC polymer-grafted ZnO nanorods parallel to the nematic host LCs.
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- Kaho Ogata
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; (K.O.); (K.M.); (Y.K.)
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; (K.O.); (K.M.); (Y.K.)
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; (K.O.); (K.M.); (Y.K.)
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; (K.O.); (K.M.); (Y.K.)
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
- Correspondence: (S.K.); (A.S.)
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-12, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; (K.O.); (K.M.); (Y.K.)
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
- Correspondence: (S.K.); (A.S.)
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Systematic investigation of the influence of experimental conditions on TiO2 nanosheet structures. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kubo S, Kumagai M, Kawatsuki N, Nakagawa M. Photoinduced Reorientation in Thin Films of a Nematic Liquid Crystalline Polymer Anchored to Interfaces and Enhancement Using Small Liquid Crystalline Molecules. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:14222-14229. [PMID: 31592666 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The photoinduced reorientation of the side-chain mesogens in nematic liquid crystalline (LC) polymer thin films triggered by the axis-selective photo-Fries rearrangements of side-chain phenyl benzoate moieties is studied to understand the regulation of the anisotropic nanostructures supported by LC polymers. The influence of the substrate surface in anchoring the side-chain mesogens near the interfaces is examined by comparing the reorientation of 30- and 120-nm-thick films. Irradiation with linearly polarized ultraviolet (UV) light and subsequent annealing causes the side-chain mesogen reorientation to align perpendicular to the electric field of the incident UV light. The inplane order in the 30-nm-thick films is lower than that in the 120-nm ones. On the other hand, the annealing period required for mesogen alignment is independent of the film thickness. It is suggested that the substrate surfaces anchor the LC mesogens to fix their orientation, rather than slowing down the reorientational motion. In addition, it is demonstrated that small LC molecules miscible with the nematic LC polymer enhance photoinduced reorientation through cooperative molecular interaction with the side-chain mesogens, remarkably accelerating the orientation and improving the inplane order of the unidirectionally aligned mesogens.
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- Shoichi Kubo
- National Institute for Materials Science , 1-2-1 Sengen , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-0047 , Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials , Tohoku University , 2-1-1 Katahira , Aoba-ku, Sendai , Miyagi 980-8577 , Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering , University of Hyogo , 2167 Shosha , Himeji 671-2280 , Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials , Tohoku University , 2-1-1 Katahira , Aoba-ku, Sendai , Miyagi 980-8577 , Japan
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Nemati A, Shadpour S, Querciagrossa L, Mori T, Zannoni C, Hegmann T. Highly Sensitive, Tunable Chirality Amplification through Space Visualized for Gold Nanorods Capped with Axially Chiral Binaphthyl Derivatives. ACS NANO 2019; 13:10312-10326. [PMID: 31424907 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The creation and transmission of chirality in molecular systems is a well-known, widely applied notion. Our understanding of how the chirality of nanomaterials can be controlled, measured, transmitted through space, and applied is less well understood. Dynamic assemblies for chiral sensing or metamaterials engineered from chiral nanomaterials require exact methods to determine transmission and amplification of nanomaterial chirality through space. We report the synthesis of a series of gold nanorods (GNRs) with a constant aspect ratio of ∼4.3 capped with C2-symmetric, axially chiral binaphthyl thiols, preparation of dispersions in the nematic liquid crystal 5CB, measurements of the helical pitch, and the determination of the helical twisting power as well as the average distance between the chiral nanomaterial additives. By comparison to the neat organic chiral derivatives, we demonstrate how the amplification of chirality facilitated by GNRs decorated with chiral molecules can be used to clearly distinguish the chiral induction strength of a homologous series of binaphthyl derivatives, differing only in the length of the nontethered aliphatic chain, in the induced chiral nematic liquid crystal phase. Considering systematic errors in sample preparation and optical measurements, these chiral molecules would otherwise be deemed identical with respect to chiral induction. Notably, we find some of the highest ever-reported values of the helical twisting power. We further support our experimentally derived arguments of a more comprehensive understanding of chirality transfer by calculations of a suitable pseudoscalar chirality indicator.
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- Ahlam Nemati
- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program , Kent State University , Kent , Ohio 44242 , United States
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program , Kent State University , Kent , Ohio 44242 , United States
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari" and INSTM , Università di Bologna , Viale Risorgimento 4 , IT-40136 Bologna , Italy
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- Graduate School of Frontier Science , The University of Tokyo , 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha , Kashiwa 277-0827 , Japan
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari" and INSTM , Università di Bologna , Viale Risorgimento 4 , IT-40136 Bologna , Italy
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program , Kent State University , Kent , Ohio 44242 , United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Kent State University , Kent , Ohio 44242 , United States
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Nemati A, Shadpour S, Querciagrossa L, Li L, Mori T, Gao M, Zannoni C, Hegmann T. Chirality amplification by desymmetrization of chiral ligand-capped nanoparticles to nanorods quantified in soft condensed matter. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3908. [PMID: 30254259 PMCID: PMC6156227 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06400-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Induction, transmission, and manipulation of chirality in molecular systems are well known, widely applied concepts. However, our understanding of how chirality of nanoscale entities can be controlled, measured, and transmitted to the environment is considerably lacking behind. Future discoveries of dynamic assemblies engineered from chiral nanomaterials, with a specific focus on shape and size effects, require exact methods to assess transmission and amplification of nanoscale chirality through space. Here we present a remarkably powerful chirality amplification approach by desymmetrization of plasmonic nanoparticles to nanorods. When bound to gold nanorods, a one order of magnitude lower number of chiral molecules induces a tighter helical distortion in the surrounding liquid crystal-a remarkable amplification of chirality through space. The change in helical distortion is consistent with a quantification of the change in overall chirality of the chiral ligand decorated nanomaterials differing in shape and size as calculated from a suitable pseudoscalar chirality indicator.
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- Ahlam Nemati
- Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242-0001, USA
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- Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242-0001, USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari" and INSTM, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, IT-40136, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute for Smart Liquid Crystals, JITRI, Changshu, 215500, Jiangsu, China
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- Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242-0001, USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari" and INSTM, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, IT-40136, Bologna, Italy
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- Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242-0001, USA.
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242-0001, USA.
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Zhang S, Pelligra CI, Feng X, Osuji CO. Directed Assembly of Hybrid Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:e1705794. [PMID: 29520839 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Hybrid nanomaterials are molecular or colloidal-level combinations of organic and inorganic materials, or otherwise strongly dissimilar materials. They are often, though not exclusively, anisotropic in shape. A canonical example is an inorganic nanorod or nanosheet sheathed in, or decorated by, a polymeric or other organic material, where both the inorganic and organic components are important for the properties of the system. Hybrid nanomaterials and nanocomposites have generated strong interest for a broad range of applications due to their functional properties. Generating macroscopic assemblies of hybrid nanomaterials and nanomaterials in nanocomposites with controlled orientation and placement by directed assembly is important for realizing such applications. Here, a survey of critical issues and themes in directed assembly of hybrid nanomaterials and nanocomposites is provided, highlighting recent efforts in this field with particular emphasis on scalable methods.
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- Shanju Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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Burger A, Srikantharajah R, Peukert W, Hirsch A. Individualization and Stabilization of Zinc Oxide Nanorods by Covalent Functionalization with Positively Charged Catechol Derivatives. Chemistry 2017; 23:17257-17268. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Alexandra Burger
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy; Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Institute of Organic Chemistry; Henkestrasse 42 91054 Erlangen Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg(FAU); Institute of Particle Technology; Cauerstrasse 4 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg(FAU); Institute of Particle Technology; Cauerstrasse 4 91058 Erlangen Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Functional Particle Systems (FPS); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Haberstraße 9 a 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy; Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Institute of Organic Chemistry; Henkestrasse 42 91054 Erlangen Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Functional Particle Systems (FPS); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Haberstraße 9 a 91058 Erlangen Germany
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Sodemura T, Kubo S, Higuchi H, Kikuchi H, Nakagawa M. Unimodal Nematic Liquid Crystalline Random Copolymers Designed for Accepting Chiral Dopants. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2017. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20160343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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