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A Technique to Functionalize and Self-assemble Macroscopic Nanoparticle-ligand Monolayer Films onto Template-free Substrates
Published on: May 9, 2014
Orientational self-assembly of nanoparticles in nematic droplets
Natália Tomašovičová1, Marianna Batkova1, Ivan Batko1
1Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences Watsonová 47 04001 Košice Slovakia nhudak@saske.sk.
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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