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 …

Thermoresponsive antifouling ultrafiltration membranes from mesophase templating

Y Saadat, SM Tabatabaei, K Kim, R Foudazi - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanostructured polymers synthesized by lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) templates with normal
hexagonal (H 1) structure exhibit a 3D-continuous transport path, which makes them ideal …

Polymerization in soft nanoconfinement of lamellar and reverse hexagonal mesophases

S Qavi, A Bandegi, M Firestone, R Foudazi - Soft Matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This work describes the kinetics of thermal polymerization in nanoconfined domains of
lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) templates by using chemorheological studies at different …

Rheological characteristics of mesophases of block copolymer solutions

S Qavi, R Foudazi - Rheologica Acta, 2019 - Springer
Self-assembly of block copolymers in the presence of solvents forms ordered mesophase
structures, also known as lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs). The aim of this work is to …

Yielding behavior of bottlebrush and linear block copolymers

R Xie, S Mukherjee, AE Levi, JL Self, H Wang… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers can exhibit a pronounced yield stress, but the impact of molecular
architecture, chemistry, and self-assembly on macroscopic rheology remains poorly …

Initiator-dependent kinetics of lyotropic liquid crystal-templated thermal polymerization

Y Saadat, K Kim, R Foudazi - Polymer Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we examine the polymerization kinetics with different thermal initiators in
lamellar and hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) structures directed by Pluronic L64 …

Ion transport in polymerized lyotropic liquid crystals containing ionic liquid

A Bandegi, K Kim, R Foudazi - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, we investigate the effect of morphology and segmental dynamics on ion
transport in polymerized lyotropic liquid crystals (polyLLCs) containing 1‐butyl‐3 …

Micellization of pluronic P123 in water/ethanol/turpentine oil mixed solvents: hybrid particle–field molecular dynamic simulation

Y Zhao, SM Ma, B Li, A De Nicola, NS Yu, B Dong - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The hybrid particle–field molecular dynamics simulation method (MD-SCF) was applied to
study the self-assembly of Pluronic PEO20-PPO70-PEO20 (P123) in water/ethanol …

Soft nanoconfinement of ionic liquids in lyotropic liquid crystals

A Bandegi, MM Garcia, JL Bañuelos, MA Firestone… - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoconfinement of ionic liquids (ILs) influences their physicochemical properties. In this
study, we investigate the effect of soft nanoconfinement imposed by lyotropic liquid crystals …

Lamellar liquid crystals in commercial polyether‐modified polydimetilsiloxanes for coating applications: Structure, rheology and cross‐linking

FS Rokni, S Vilchez… - Journal of Surfactants …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We have constructed the phase diagrams in water of two commercial additives for coatings
consisting of polyether‐modified polydimethylsiloxanes. These aqueous systems form a …