Soft discotic matrix with 0-D silver nanoparticles: Impact on molecular ordering and conductivity
| dc.contributor.author | Varshney, Shalaka | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kumar, Manish | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gowda, Ashwathanarayana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kumar, Sandeep | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-05T08:04:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-05T08:04:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-07 | |
| dc.description | Restricted Access. | en_US |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017, Vol. 238, P 290-295 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0167-7322 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6758 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elesvier B.V. | en_US |
| dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2017.05.008 | en_US |
| dc.rights | 2017 Elsevier B.V. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Silver nanoparticles | en_US |
| dc.subject | discotic liquid crystals | en_US |
| dc.subject | Supramolecular | en_US |
| dc.subject | Columnar mesophase | en_US |
| dc.title | Soft discotic matrix with 0-D silver nanoparticles: Impact on molecular ordering and conductivity | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |