Changing the Surface-Liquid Crystal Interaction through the Adsorption of Silica Nanoparticles

  • 발행 : 2004.08.23

초록

We studied a low density 8CB liquid crystal-hydrophobic aerosil dispersions imbedded in submicron-size cylindrical pores. The nanosize spherical aerosil particles are adsorbed at the pore wall and hinder the planar anchoring. The adsorption is temperature dependent, and an axial to radial molecular configuration transition occurs within the cylindrical pores.

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