Functional lyotropic liquid crystal materials

DL Gin, CS Pecinovsky, JE Bara, RL Kerr - Liquid Crystalline Functional …, 2008 - Springer
Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) are amphiphilic molecules that have the ability to self-
organize into highly ordered yet fluid, phase-segregated assemblies in the presence of an …

Lyotropic liquid crystals as templates for advanced materials

Y Saadat, OQ Imran, CO Osuji… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) have drawn attention in numerous technical fields as they
feature a variety of nanometer-scale structures, processability, and diverse chemical …

Polymerized lyotropic liquid crystal assemblies for materials applications

DL Gin, W Gu, BA Pindzola… - Accounts of chemical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
The development of functional materials with nanometer-scale architectures and the effect of
these architectures on their chemical and physical properties are currently of great interest in …

Nature‐Inspired design and application of lipidic lyotropic liquid crystals

R Mezzenga, JM Seddon, CJ Drummond… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Amphiphilic lipids aggregate in aqueous solution into a variety of structural arrangements.
Among the plethora of ordered structures that have been reported, many have also been …

Glycerol-based bicontinuous cubic lyotropic liquid crystal monomer system for the fabrication of thin-film membranes with uniform nanopores

BM Carter, BR Wiesenauer, ES Hatakeyama… - Chemistry of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) networks are nanoporous polymer materials formed by the in
situ cross-linking of reactive amphiphiles (ie, surfactants) that self-organize in water or other …

Polymerized lyotropic liquid crystal assemblies for membrane applications

DL Gin, JE Bara, RD Noble… - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Cross‐linked lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) assemblies represent a new class of polymer
materials for membrane applications. These materials are formed by the phase‐segregation …

Cross-linking of reactive lyotropic liquid crystals for nanostructure retention

L Sievens-Figueroa, CA Guymon - Chemistry of materials, 2009 - ACS Publications
In applications requiring nanoscale order, control over the structure formation is critical for
appropriate function. Reactive surfactants forming reactive lyotropic liquid crystals (LLC) …

A new family of polymerizable lyotropic liquid crystals: control of feature size in cross-linked inverted hexagonal assemblies via monomer structure

MA Reppy, DH Gray, BA Pindzola… - Journal of the …, 2001 - ACS Publications
An efficient and versatile synthesis of a series of polymerizable amphiphilic mesogens that
affords control over tail length and position of the polymerizable group is described. The …

Liquid crystals: versatile self-organized smart soft materials

HK Bisoyi, Q Li - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of
advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) …

Discovery of a tetracontinuous, aqueous lyotropic network phase with unusual 3D-hexagonal symmetry

GP Sorenson, AK Schmitt, MK Mahanthappa - Soft Matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Network phase aqueous lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) are technologically useful materials
with myriad applications in chemistry, biology, and materials science, which stem from their …