Metallotropic liquid crystals formed by surfactant templating of molten metal halides
Martin, J. D., Keary, C. L., Thornton, T. A., Novotnak, M. P., Knutson, J. W., & Folmer, J. C. W. (2006, March 19). Nature Materials, Vol. 5, pp. 271–275.
Contributors: J. Martin n , C. Keary n, T. Thornton n, M. Novotnak n, J. Knutson n & J. Folmer n
MeSH headings : Anisotropy; Crystallization; Crystallography, X-Ray; Diffusion; Liquid Crystals; Materials Testing; Metals / chemistry; Microscopy; Models, Chemical; Models, Molecular; Nanostructures; Nanotechnology; Porosity; Surface Properties; Surface-Active Agents; Temperature; X-Ray Diffraction
topics (OpenAlex): Liquid Crystal Research Advancements; Surfactants and Colloidal Systems; Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
TL;DR:
This work has engineered lamellar, cubic and hexagonal liquid-crystalline structure in metal-halide melts by controlling the volume fraction and nature of the inorganic block (up to 80 mol%) with respect to alkylammonium surfactants.
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