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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6758| Title: | Soft discotic matrix with 0-D silver nanoparticles: Impact on molecular ordering and conductivity |
| Authors: | Varshney, Shalaka Kumar, Manish Gowda, Ashwathanarayana Kumar, Sandeep |
| Keywords: | Silver nanoparticles discotic liquid crystals Supramolecular Columnar mesophase |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2017 |
| Publisher: | Elesvier B.V. |
| Citation: | Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017, Vol. 238, P 290-295 |
| Abstract: | The interplay between liquid crystals and nanostructures is fascinating as well as challenging to understand the dispersion effect of nanomaterials onto liquid crystals. Herein, we report the dispersion of zero-dimensional silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) in two discotic liquid crystals. The columnar stacks of 1,5-dihydroxy-2,3,6,7-tetrakis(3,7-dimethyloctyloxy)-9,10-anthraquinone (RTAQ) and 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexabutoxytriphenylene (HAT4) discotics are self-assembled with silver nanoparticles in a hexagonal manner at different weight concentrations. The dispersion of NPs reduces the lattice parameter, intracolumnar packing and increases electrical conductivity by the order of four to five in HAT4 DLC. |
| Description: | Restricted Access. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6758 |
| ISSN: | 0167-7322 |
| Alternative Location: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2017.05.008 |
| Copyright: | 2017 Elsevier B.V. |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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