Journal article
Size-dependent ordering of liquid crystals observed in polymeric capsules with micrometer and smaller diameters
JK Gupta, S Sivakumar, F Caruso, NL Abbott
Angewandte Chemie International Edition | Published : 2009
Abstract
(Figure Presented) Made to order: Aqueous dispersions of polymer-encapsulated liquid crystal (LC) droplets precise interfacial chemistry and sizes in the micrometer-to-sub-micrometer range. Size LC ordering could be observed. Study of the competition between size and interfacial enables size-dependent properties of LC droplets to be exploited in applications such as photonics and sensing. © 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
Grants
Awarded by NSF
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Dr. Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent State University) and Dr. Timothy). Bunning (Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, OH) for their careful reading of the manuscript and helpful suggestions. This work was supported by the ARC Linkage International Materials World Network Grant (F.C. and N.L.A.), the ARC Federation Fellowship Scheme (F.C.), and the NSF (DMR-0520527 and DMR-0602570).