Liquid crystal self-assembly of upconversion nanorods enriched by depletion forces for mesostructured material preparation

Xie, Yong; Li, Yuanyuan; Wei, Guoqing; Liu, Qingkun; Mundoor, Haridas; Chen, Ziyu; Smalyukh, Ivan I.

doi:10.1039/c7nr06663e

Liquid crystal self-assembly of upconversion nanorods enriched by depletion forces for mesostructured material preparation

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2018 · Nanoscale

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr06663e· OSTI ID:1539947

^[1]; Li, Yuanyuan ^[2]; Wei, Guoqing ^[3]; Liu, Qingkun ^[3]; ^[3]; Chen, Ziyu ^[2]; ^[3]

Department of Physics; Material Science and Engineering Program; Department of Electrical; Computer; & Energy Engineering; DOE/OSTI
Department of Physics; Beihang University; Beijing 100191; China
Department of Physics; Material Science and Engineering Program; Department of Electrical; Computer; & Energy Engineering

A mesostructured orientationally ordered material with polarized upconversion properties is formed by using the liquid crystalline colloidal self-assembly of semiconductor nanorods.

Research Organization:: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0010305

OSTI ID:: 1539947

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Journal Name: Nanoscale Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 10; ISSN NANOHL; ISSN 2040-3364

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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