Nano-Micro Letters (Sep 2022)

Monodomain Liquid Crystals of Two-Dimensional Sheets by Boundary-Free Sheargraphy

  • Min Cao,
  • Senping Liu,
  • Qingli Zhu,
  • Ya Wang,
  • Jingyu Ma,
  • Zeshen Li,
  • Dan Chang,
  • Enhui Zhu,
  • Xin Ming,
  • Florian Puchtler,
  • Josef Breu,
  • Ziliang Wu,
  • Yingjun Liu,
  • Yanqiu Jiang,
  • Zhen Xu,
  • Chao Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00925-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Highlights Monodomain liquid crystals of graphene oxide over 30 cm is realized by boundary-free sheargraphy. The achieved monodomain liquid crystals have bidirectional sheet ordering, exhibiting unique optical, rheological, and conductive properties. Boundary-free sheargraphy extends to freely design delicate topology of two-dimensional colloids, including topological structures with defect strength from − 2 to + 2 and complex polydomain.

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