Stimuli-responsive hydroxyapatite liquid crystal with macroscopically controllable ordering and magneto-optical functions

Masanari Nakayama; Satoshi Kajiyama; Akihito Kumamoto; Tatsuya Nishimura; Yuichi Ikuhara; Masafumi Yamato; Takashi Kato

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02932-7

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Stimuli-responsive hydroxyapatite liquid crystal with macroscopically controllable ordering and magneto-optical functions

Masanari Nakayama,
Satoshi Kajiyama,
Akihito Kumamoto,
Tatsuya Nishimura,
Yuichi Ikuhara,
Masafumi Yamato,
Takashi Kato

Affiliations

Masanari Nakayama: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Satoshi Kajiyama: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Akihito Kumamoto: Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Tatsuya Nishimura: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Yuichi Ikuhara: Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Masafumi Yamato: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Takashi Kato: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02932-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Liquid crystals comprising inorganic species are far less common than their organic-based counterparts. Here, the authors report a magneto-optically responsive liquid crystal based on nanorods of the biomineral hydroxyapatite, representing a new type of biologically-based, dynamic inorganic material.

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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