Semiconductor nanorod liquid crystals

Journal Article · Mon Jan 28 04:00:00 UTC 2002 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0255146· OSTI ID:799613

Li, Liang-shi ^[1]; Walda, Joost; Manna, Liberato; Alivisatos, A Paul

---

1. LBNL Library

Rodlike molecules form liquid crystalline phases with orientational order and positional disorder. The great majority of materials in which liquid crystalline phases have been observed are comprised of organic molecules or polymers, even though there has been continuing and growing interest in inorganic liquid crystals. Recent advances in the control of the sizes and shapes of inorganic nanocrystals allow for the formation of a broad class of new inorganic liquid crystals. Here we show the formation of liquid crystalline phases of CdSe semiconductor nanorods. These new liquid crystalline phases may have great importance for both application and fundamental study.

• Research Organization: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of Basic Energy Studies. Materials Science and Engineering Division; AFOSR F49620-98-1-0243 (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 799613
• Report Number(s): LBNL--50552; B& R KC0203010
• Journal Information: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
LIQUID CRYSTALS
MOLECULES
POLYMERS