Hierarchical structuring of liquid crystal polymer-laponite hybrid materials

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 11093-11101

  Tritschler, Ulrich ^a   Zlotnikov, Igor ^b   Zaslansky, Paul ^c   Aichmayer, Barbara ^b   Fratzl, Peter ^b   Schlaad, Helmut ^b   Cölfen, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES;

BOC-PROTECTED AMINO ACIDS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURING; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NANOMETER LENGTH SCALE; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE; POSITIVELY CHARGED;

ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; LAPONITE; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXAZOLES; POLYMERS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SILICATES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84883483904     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la4007845     Document Type: Article

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