Alignment of discotic lyotropic liquid crystals at hydrophobic and hydrophilic self-assembled monolayers

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 12627-12635

  Al Lawati, Zuhoor H ^a   Alkhairalla, Ban ^a   Bramble, Jonathan P ^a   Henderson, Jim R ^a   Bushby, Richard J ^b   Evans, Stephen D ^a  

^a Molecular and Nanoscale Physics   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK BEHAVIOR; BULK NEMATIC; COLUMNAR PHASIS; DILUTE SOLUTION; DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; DISCOTICS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; LYOTROPICS; PLANAR ALIGNMENT; SAMS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; TRIPHENYLENES;

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84862282234     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp302634r     Document Type: Article

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