Journal
LIQUID CRYSTALS
Volume 40, Issue 12, Pages 1628-1635Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2013.772254
Keywords
single-walled carbon nanotubes; nematic liquid crystal; alignment
Funding
- ANR P-NANO grant NATALI
- France Venezuela Postgraduate Cooperation Program
- NSF [1121288, DMR 0847782, DMR-0804881, MRSEC DMR11-20901, DMR-0645596, CBET-0933510]
- Fundayacucho-Venezuela/CROUS-France scholarship
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Materials Research [1205463] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0847782] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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A post-synthesis alignment of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is desirable for translating their unique anisotropic properties to a macroscopic scale. Here, we demonstrate excellent dispersion, orientation and concomitant-polarised photoluminescence of SWCNTs in a nematic chromonic liquid crystal. The methods to obtain stable suspension are described, and order parameters of the liquid crystal matrix and of the nanotubes are measured independently.
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