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NATURE MATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 394-399Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NMAT3888
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Korea government (MSIP) [2012R1A1A1012167, 2013R1A1A2057455]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2012R1A1A1012167, 2013R1A1A2057455] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The sensitive response of the nematic graphene oxide (GO) phase to external stimuli makes this phase attractive for extending the applicability of GO and reduced GO to solution processes and electro-optic devices. However, contrary to expectations, the alignment of nematic GO has been difficult to control through the application of electric fields or surface treatments. Here, we show that when interflake interactions are sufficiently weak, both the degree of microscopic ordering and the direction of macroscopic alignment of GO liquid crystals (LCs) can be readily controlled by applying low electric fields. We also show that the large polarizability anisotropy of GO and Onsager excluded-volume effect cooperatively give rise to Kerr coefficients that are about three orders of magnitude larger than the maximum value obtained so far in molecular LCs. The extremely large Kerr coefficient allowed us to fabricate electro-optic devices with macroscopic electrodes, as well as well-aligned, defect-free GO over wide areas.
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