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  2. Near Infrared Light-Driven Liquid Crystal Phase Transition Enabled by Hydrophobic Mesogen Grafted Plasmonic Gold Nanorods
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Abstract

Light-driven phase transition in liquid crystals is a fascinating endeavour from both scientific and technological points of view. Here we demonstrate the proof-of-principle that the photothermal effect of organo-soluble plasmonic gold nanorods can introduce the phase transition of thermotropic liquid crystals upon near infrared laser irradiation. Interestingly, the reverse process occurs when the laser is switched off.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1039/C5CC02127H
Publication Date
2015-05-07
Publication Title
Chemical Communications
Volume
51
Issue
48
First Page
9845
Last Page
9848
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Subject
Community
Department of Physics
Permalink https://oaks.kent.edu/phypubs/124
Gutierrez-Cuevas, K., Wang, L., Xue, C., Singh, G., Kumar, S., Urbas, A., & Li, Q. (2015). Near Infrared Light-Driven Liquid Crystal Phase Transition Enabled by Hydrophobic Mesogen Grafted Plasmonic Gold Nanorods. Chemical Communications. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC02127H
Gutierrez-Cuevas, Karla, Ling Wang, Chenming Xue, Gautam Singh, Satyendra Kumar, Augustine Urbas, and Quan Li. 2015. “Near Infrared Light-Driven Liquid Crystal Phase Transition Enabled by Hydrophobic Mesogen Grafted Plasmonic Gold Nanorods”. Chemical Communications. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC02127H.
Gutierrez-Cuevas, K., L. Wang, C. Xue, G. Singh, S. Kumar, A. Urbas, and Q. Li. Near Infrared Light-Driven Liquid Crystal Phase Transition Enabled by Hydrophobic Mesogen Grafted Plasmonic Gold Nanorods. Chemical Communications, 7 May 2015, doi:10.1039/C5CC02127H.