Reversible long-range patterning of gold nanoparticles by smectic liquid crystals

Soft Matter

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 6593-6598

  Milette, Jonathan ^a   Relaix, Sabrina ^a   Lavigne, Cyrille ^a   Toader, Violeta ^a   Cowling, Stephen J ^b   Saez, Isabel M ^b   Lennox, R Bruce ^a   Goodby, John W ^b   Reven, Linda ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPING LAYER; CONCENTRIC CIRCLES; DISLOCATION DEFECTS; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LINEAR ARRAYS; MESOGENICS; MICRON SCALE; SMECTIC PHASE; SMECTIC-A LIQUID CRYSTALS; WEDGE ANGLE; WEDGE CELLS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EDGE DISLOCATIONS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84869596337     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm25445j     Document Type: Article

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