Recent progress and future perspectives on carbon-nanomaterial-dispersed liquid crystal composites

A Kumar, DP Singh, G Singh - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The realm of liquid crystals (LCs) has significantly benefited when amalgamated with the
exciting features of nanotechnology. Various nanomaterials (NMs) have shown their …

Electric‐field‐induced alignment of functionalized carbon nanotubes inside thermally conductive liquid crystalline polyimide composite films

K Ruan, X Shi, Y Zhang, Y Guo, X Zhong… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The positive liquid crystals, 4′‐heptyl‐4‐biphenylcarbonitrile (7CB), are used to
functionalize carbon nanotubes (LC‐CNT), which can be aligned in the liquid crystalline …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles in situ grown on carbon nanotube as a reinforcement for poly (ε-caprolactone) bone scaffold

P Feng, K Wang, Y Shuai, S Peng, Y Hu… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The incorporation of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and hydroxyapatite (HA) into biopolymer as
bone scaffold is expected to combine the excellent mechanical properties of CNT and …

Carbon quantum dots derived from rice straw doped with N and S and its nanocomposites with hydroxypropyl cellulose nanocomposite

X Yang, VF Lotfy, AH Basta, H Liu, S Fu - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
As biomass, rice straw (RS) is often valorized as a precursor of green products. In this
respect, the RS-based carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are synthesized doped with N and S …

Enhancement of dielectric and electro-optical characteristics of liquid crystalline material 4′-octyl-4-cyano-biphenyl with dispersed functionalized and …

PK Singh, R Dhar, R Dabrowski - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
For recent applications, liquid crystal-carbon nanotube based nanocomposite systems have
been proven to be highly attractive. In this paper, we give a thorough analysis of a …

Theoretical Studies for Improving the Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Caprolactam Polymers by Enhancing the Intermolecular Interactions with Functionalization …

Z Fang, X Feng, X Li, X Tang, Y Xu… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The inhomogeneous dispersion caused by carbon nanotube (CNT) agglomeration in
composites still needs to be explored, though mechanical properties of the polymer …

Stokes-Mueller calculus and θ-scan technology for investigating optical effects in liquid crystals doped with nanoparticles

X Meng, Y Huang, J Li, X Li, Y Lin, X Liu, D Li… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Stokes-Mueller calculus and θ-scan technology were used to investigate
optical effects in liquid crystals doped with γ-Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles. The results showed that …

Effect of phytate doped cobalt and copper ion modified carbon nanotubes on flame retardancy and ceramic properties of silicone rubber

Z Bian, W Xu, L Yao, R Jia, D Ding… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Silicone rubber (SR) has excellent properties, such as high and low temperature resistance
and weather resistance. However, the flame retardancy of SR is rather poor, which severely …

Core–shell carbon nanotubes/cobalt copper hydroxide hybrid/silicone rubber composite: flame retardancy and antistatic properties

L Yao, W Xu, D Ding, Y Zhou, Y Zhang - Iranian Polymer Journal, 2023 - Springer
The range of application for silicone rubber (SR) is limited due to its poor flame retardant
and antistatic properties. For the purpose of improving SR properties, in this study, a core …

High-resolution dielectric anisotropy investigation of carbon nanotube–smectic- liquid crystal dispersions: An upper limit of the latent heat and the pretransitional …

F Guven, O Girgin, MC Cetinkaya, H Ozbek, S Yildiz - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
Within the entire mesomorphic range, high-precision dielectric anisotropy data with the high-
temperature resolution is presented for a highly polar smectic-A liquid crystal 8CB …