Discotic liquid crystal-nanoparticle hybrid systems

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dc.contributor.author	Kumar, Sandeep	-
dc.date.accessioned	2014-04-24T12:25:36Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-04-24T12:25:36Z	-
dc.date.issued	2014-01-24	-
dc.identifier.citation	NPG Asia Materials, 2014, Vol. 6, e82	en
dc.identifier.issn	1884-4057 (Online)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/5870	-
dc.description	Open Access.	en
dc.description.abstract	Discotic liquid crystals (DLCs) are nanomaterials with sizes ranging from 2 to 6 nm, and they are emerging as one-dimensional organic semiconducting materials. Recently, hybridization of these materials with various metallic and semiconducting nanoparticles (NPs) to alter and improve their properties has been realized. This article provides an overview of the developments in the field of newly immersed discotic nanoscience, a sub-field of liquid crystal (LC) nanoscience. As this field is also of great interest to readers without an LCs background, a brief introduction of the LC field is given first, with special emphasis on DLCs. This is followed by various DLC-NP hybrid systems. Finally, an outlook into the future of this newly emerging, fascinating and exciting field of discotic nanoscience research is provided.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Nature Publishing Group	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/am.2013.75	en
dc.rights	2014 Nature Publishing Group	en
dc.subject	nanorods	en
dc.subject	nanoparticles	en
dc.title	Discotic liquid crystal-nanoparticle hybrid systems	en
dc.type	Article	en
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