Stabilization of liquid crystal blue phases by carbon nanoparticles of varying dimensionality.

ABSTRACT: The thermal stabilization of blue phases is a subject that has been of scientific and technological interest since their discovery. Meanwhile, carbonaceous nanomaterials such as C60 fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene have generated interdisciplinary interest spanning across solid-state physics, organic chemistry, colloids, all the way to soft matter physics. Herein, the stabilization of liquid crystal blue phases by doping with C60, single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide is described. All three types of particles are found to extend the combined temperature range of blue phases I and II by a factor of ∼5. Furthermore, mixtures of pairs of different materials, and all three types are shown to stabilize the blue phases. The temperature range of the blue phases is shown to g

SUBMITTER: Draude AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9419272 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature