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      Swollen liquid crystals (SLCs): A versatile template for the synthesis of nano structured materials

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      Dutt, S.
      Siril, P. F.
      Remita, S.
      Date
      2017
      Source Title
      RSC Advances
      Electronic ISSN
      2046-2069
      Publisher
      Royal Society of Chemistry
      Volume
      7
      Issue
      10
      Pages
      5733 - 5750
      Language
      English
      Type
      Review
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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 surfactants
      Cationic 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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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/38175
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ra26390a
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