Self-Assembly of Phase-Segregated Liquid Crystal Structures
Abstract
Additional functionality can be incorporated into liquid crystalline materials by using phase segregation and self-assembly. Intermolecular interactions such as hydrogen bonding and ionic interactions play key roles in the formation of these complex structures. One-, two-, and three-dimensional phase-segregated structures on various scales of length are formed by self-assembly of a variety of partially incompatible molecules. Such structures can enhance anisotropic properties such as ionic conductivity.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- March 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.1070967
- Bibcode:
- 2002Sci...295.2414K
- Keywords:
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- CHEMISTRY