Colloidal cholesteric liquid crystal in spherical confinement

Yunfeng Li; Jeffrey Jun-Yan Suen; Elisabeth Prince; Egor M. Larin; Anna Klinkova; Héloïse Thérien-Aubin; Shoujun Zhu; Bai Yang; Amr S. Helmy; Oleg D. Lavrentovich; Eugenia Kumacheva

doi:10.1038/ncomms12520

Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Colloidal cholesteric liquid crystal in spherical confinement

Yunfeng Li,
Jeffrey Jun-Yan Suen,
Elisabeth Prince,
Egor M. Larin,
Anna Klinkova,
Héloïse Thérien-Aubin,
Shoujun Zhu,
Bai Yang,
Amr S. Helmy,
Oleg D. Lavrentovich,
Eugenia Kumacheva

Affiliations

Yunfeng Li: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Jeffrey Jun-Yan Suen: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Elisabeth Prince: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Egor M. Larin: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Anna Klinkova: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Héloïse Thérien-Aubin: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Shoujun Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Bai Yang: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Amr S. Helmy: The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute of Optical Sciences, University of Toronto
Oleg D. Lavrentovich: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University
Eugenia Kumacheva: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12520
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Confinement-induced organization of nanoparticles is utilized to generate new structures with novel optical or magnetic properties. Here, Li et al.show that colloidal liquid crystals formed by rod-like nanoparticles self-assemble into various geometries depending on the degree of spherical confinement in droplets.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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