Synthesis and Exfoliation of Discotic Zirconium Phosphates to Obtain Colloidal Liquid Crystals

Yi-Hsien Yu; Xuezhen Wang; Abhijeet Shinde; Zhengdong Cheng

doi:10.3791/53511

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Synthese und Exfoliation von diskotischen Zirkoniumphosphaten Erhalten Kolloidales Liquid Crystals

Synthesis and Exfoliation of Discotic Zirconium Phosphates to Obtain Colloidal Liquid Crystals

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Synthesis and Exfoliation of Discotic Zirconium Phosphates to Obtain Colloidal Liquid Crystals

Synthese und Exfoliation von diskotischen Zirkoniumphosphaten Erhalten Kolloidales Liquid Crystals

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May 25, 2016

DOI:

10.3791/53511-v

DOI:

10.3791/53511-v

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08:54 min

May 25, 2016

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Yi-Hsien Yu¹, Xuezhen Wang^2,3, Abhijeet Shinde², Zhengdong Cheng^1,2,3,4

¹Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Texas A&M University, ²Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering,Texas A&M University, ³Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center,Texas A&M University, ⁴Professional Program in Biotechnology,Texas A&M University

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A two dimensional model material of discotic zirconium phosphate was developed. The inorganic crystal with lamellar structure was synthesized by hydrothermal, reflux, and microwave-assisted methods. On exfoliation with organic molecules, layered crystals can be converted to monolayers, and nematic liquid crystal phase was formed at sufficient concentration of monolayers.