Topological defects in liquid crystals as templates for molecular self-assembly

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 106-112

  Wang, Xiaoguang ^a   Miller, Daniel S ^a   Bukusoglu, Emre ^a   De Pablo, Juan J ^b   Abbott, Nicholas L ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; O RINGS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TOPOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; CRYOGENIC TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULAR TEMPLATES; MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACTANT COMPLEXES; TEMPLATE POLYMERIZATION; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS;

4,4-DIFLUORO-4-BORA-3A,4A-DIAZA-S-INDACENE; BORON DERIVATIVE; COLLOID;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES; THERMODYNAMICS;

BORON COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COLLOIDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84951882635     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4421     Document Type: Article

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