1 article(s) from Nealon, Gareth L
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- Published 08 Mar 2012
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Graphical Abstract
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Figure 1: Three of the common molecular and supramolecular structural motifs in liquid crystal chemistry: rod...
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Figure 2: Schematic representation of the solvent-mediated ligand exchange process, illustrated for the parti...
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Figure 3: Chemical structures and LC properties of the rodlike ligands discussed in the text.
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Figure 4: Schematic representation of pseudospherical Au NPs coated exclusively with mesogenic rodlike ligand...
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Figure 5: TEM images of Au@612 (a) before and (b) after thermal treatment. Below: Proposed model of the nanop...
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Figure 6: Ligand deformation at the surface of the gold NPs giving rigid "poles" and a soft equator. Such def...
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Figure 7: A simplified illustration of the local rectangular arrangement of nanoparticles in a condensed mixe...
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Figure 8: Chemical structures and LC properties of the rodlike ligands discussed in the text.
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Figure 9: Schematic drawing of the arrangement of nanoparticles in the columnar phase, as viewed from above (...
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Figure 10: The proposed structural models resulting from ligand migration at the NP surface: (a) Smectic (Au@C6...
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Figure 11: Reversible migration of the surface ligands as a function of temperature (and phase). Only the blue...
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Figure 12: Photochromic and photo-mesogenic rodlike ligands.
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Figure 13: Chemical structures and LC properties of side-on mesogens used to coat NPs.
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Figure 14: Left: POM image of ligand 12. Right: POM image of Schlieren texture of the hybrid Au@12. Reprinted ...
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Figure 15: Threaded nematic texture of Au@ C12/13 as observed by POM at RT. Scale bar = 10 μm. Reprinted with ...
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Figure 16: Schematic representation of the gold NP columnar structures. (a) Rhombohedral phase in Au@C12/13 an...
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Figure 17: TEM images of thin films of the
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phase of Au@C12/13 recorded with the beam (a) parallel to the ![[Graphic 6]](/bjoc/content/inline/1860-5397-8-39-i6.png?max-width=637&scale=1.18182)
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Figure 18: Chemical structures and mesogenic properties of bent-core proto-mesogenic ligands used to coat NPs.
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Figure 19: Chemical structures and mesogenic properties of dendritic and proto-dendritic ligands used to coat ...
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Figure 20: TEM image showing the arrangement of the hybrid NPs Au@16 into regularly spaced rows. Reprinted wit...
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Figure 21: Chemical structures and mesogenic properties of dendritic and proto-dendritic ligands used to coat ...
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Figure 22: Top left: Body-centred (I) cubic lattice of
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symmetry composed of truncated octahedrons. Top right:...
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Figure 23: Model proposed for the organisation of the hybrids within the quasi-nematic mesophase. Reprinted wi...
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Figure 24: Mesogenic dendrons used to coat Au NPs.
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Figure 25: Chemical structures of the discotic mesogenic ligands used to coat NPs.
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Figure 26: TEM images of Au@235,12 prepared from aged solutions stood for 10 days in solutions of (a) 1:1 MeOH...
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Figure 27: Some of the various hybrid geometries and packing motifs possible upon ligand grafting to the surfa...
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