A 106-fold enhancement in the conductivity of a discotic liquid crystal doped with only 1% (ww) gold nanoparticles

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Holt, Lucy A ^a   Bushby, Richard J ^a   Evans, Stephen D ^a   Burgess, Andrew ^b   Seeley, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ICI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES;

DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41549087095     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2885722     Document Type: Article

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