Swollen liquid crystals (SLCs): A versatile template for the synthesis of nano structured materials
Author
Dutt, S.
Siril, P. F.
Remita, S.
Date
2017Source Title
RSC Advances
Electronic ISSN
2046-2069
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Volume
7
Issue
10
Pages
5733 - 5750
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
Liquid crystal (LCs) is the state of matter that exhibits properties between a conventional liquid and solid crystals. Liquid crystals mainly can be classified into two types: thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals. A thermotropic liquid crystal shows properties that are dependent on temperature conditions. On the other hand in lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs), the amphiphiles are dissolved in a solvent and exhibit liquid crystalline properties in certain concentration ranges. In the literature, lot of reviews have been presented on thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs). But nowadays, swollen liquid crystals (SLCs) have become a much more important area of research because of their easily tunable properties, their stability and versatility of the system. Swollen liquid crystals (SLCs) consist of infinite liquid crystalline non polar cylinders organized on a hexagonal lattice in a polar medium and are prepared with the proper ratios of salted water and non polar solvents with cationic or anionic or non ionic surfactants and co surfactants i.e. water:oil:surfactant:cosurfactant. In this review article, we will briefly discuss the synthesis of swollen liquid crystals (SLCs), factors affecting their stability, different kinds of nanomaterials such as metallic, bimetallic, polymeric nanostructures synthesized inside swollen liquid crystals (SLCs) using different methods and the effect of swollen liquid crystal (SLC) confinement on the final morphology of nanomaterials with their potential applications.
Keywords
Anionic surfactantsCationic surfactants
Crystalline materials
Liquid crystals
Liquids
Nanostructured materials
Nanostructures
Surface active agents
Concentration ranges
Liquid crystalline
Liquid crystalline properties
Liquid crystals (LCs)
Lyotropic liquid crystal
Swollen liquid crystals
Temperature conditions
Thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals
Thermotropic liquid crystals
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