Tomašovičová N, Batkova M, Batko I, Lacková V, Zavišová V, Kopčanský P, Jadżyn J, Salamon P, Tóth-Katona T. Orientational self-assembly of nanoparticles in nematic droplets.
Nanoscale Adv 2021;
3:2777-2781. [PMID:
36134179 PMCID:
PMC9418037 DOI:
10.1039/d1na00089f]
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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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