Cellulose nanocrystal-based materials: From liquid crystal self-assembly and glass formation to multifunctional thin films

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lagerwall, Jan P F ^a   Schütz, Christina ^b,c   Salajkova, Michaela ^c,d   Noh, Junghyun ^a   Park, Ji Hyun ^a   Scalia, Giusy ^a   Bergström, Lennart ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BioNano Systems Laboratory   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholesteric; Gel; Glass; Liquid crystal; Nanocellulose; Photonic crystal; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893840193     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2013.69     Document Type: Review

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