Enhanced Alignment of Water-Soluble Polythiophene Using Cellulose Nanocrystals as a Liquid Crystal Template

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1556-1562

  Risteen, Bailey E ^a   Blake, Alyssa ^b   McBride, Michael A ^a   Rosu, Cornelia ^a   Park, Jung Ok ^a   Srinivasarao, Mohan ^a,b   Russo, Paul S ^a,b   Reichmanis, Elsa ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; DICHROISM; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERS;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASE; LIQUID CRYSTAL TEMPLATE; ORDERED STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTING SYSTEMS; WATER-SOLUBLE POLYTHIOPHENE;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL; NANOCRYSTAL; POLYMER; POLY[3 (POTASSIUM 4 BUTANOATE)THIOPHENE 2,5 DIYL]; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; CELLULOSE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYTHIOPHENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LINEAR DICHROISM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LIQUID CRYSTALS; THIOPHENES;

CELLULOSE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 85019159362     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00121     Document Type: Article

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