Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 6, Issue 13, Pages 10188-10195Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am5015293
Keywords
liquid crystals; smectic mesophase; ZrP nanoplatelets; tensile properties
Funding
- Kaneka Corporation
- National Science Foundation [DMR 1040446]
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Epoxy films containing self-assembled 2D colloidal a-zirconium phosphate nanoplatelets (ZrP) in smectic order were prepared using a simple, energy-efficient fabrication process suitable to industrial processing. The ZrP nanoplatelets form a chiral smectic mesophase with simultaneous lamellar order and helical arrangements in epoxy. The epoxy nanocomposite films are transparent and flexible and exhibit exceptionally high tensile modulus and strength. The findings have broad implications for development of multifunctional materials for engineering applications.
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