Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystals in a Confined Geometry

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 8443-8449

  Parker, Richard M ^a   Frka Petesic, Bruno ^a   Guidetti, Giulia ^a   Kamita, Gen ^a   Consani, Gioele ^a   Abell, Chris ^a   Vignolini, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cellulose nanocrystals; colloidal self assembly; hierarchical architecture; liquid crystals; microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DROPS; GEOMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOCRYSTALS;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL SELF-ASSEMBLY; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; ELEMENTARY BUILDING BLOCKS; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; HIERARCHICAL SELF-ASSEMBLY; SOLID-STATE ARCHITECTURES; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; FLUIDICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84989158731     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b03355     Document Type: Article

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