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Ligand-Mediated Nucleation and Growth of Palladium Metal Nanoparticles
Published on: June 25, 2018
Palladium-induced transformation of nematic liquid crystals to robust metallogel comprising self-assembled nanowires
Bappa Maiti1, Subham Bhattacharjee2, Santanu Bhattacharya1
1Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India. sb23in@yahoo.com and School of Applied & Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India.
Abstract:
The formation of a nematic liquid-crystalline phase in the bulk along with gelation of a novel asymmetric bolaamphiphilic NDI scaffold has been demonstrated. Further, a discrete metal NDI complex that is capable of forming a robust metallogel through wrapping of the NDI core with the oxyethylene chains of the neighboring molecules has been synthesized.

