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Linear Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles Within Liquid Crystal Defect Arrays

  1. Delphine Coursault1,2,
  2. Johan Grand3,
  3. Bruno Zappone4,
  4. Habib Ayeb1,2,
  5. Georges Lévi3,
  6. Nordin Félidj3,
  7. Emmanuelle Lacaze1,2,*

Article first published online: 9 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103791

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 11, pages 1461–1465, March 15, 2012

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How to Cite

Coursault, D., Grand, J., Zappone, B., Ayeb, H., Lévi, G., Félidj, N. and Lacaze, E. (2012), Linear Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles Within Liquid Crystal Defect Arrays. Adv. Mater., 24: 1461–1465. doi: 10.1002/adma.201103791

Author Information

  1. 1

    CNRS, UMR7588, Institut des Nano-Sciences de Paris (INSP), 4 place Jussieu 75005 PARIS, France

  2. 2

    UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7588, Institut des Nano-Sciences de Paris (INSP), 4 place Jussieu 75005 PARIS, France

  3. 3

    Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, ITODYS, UMR CNRS 7086, 15 rue J-A de Baïf, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France

  4. 4

    CNR-IPCF, Liquid Crystal Laboratory, Università della Calabria, cubo 33/B, Rende, 87036, Italy

*CNRS, UMR7588, Institut des Nano-Sciences de Paris (INSP), 4 place Jussieu 75005 PARIS, France.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 9 FEB 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 12 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 3 OCT 2011

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Keywords:

  • liquid crystals;
  • gold nanoparticles;
  • self-assembly;
  • surface plasmon resonance;
  • optically active materials
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In the presence of oriented smectic liquid crystal defects, hybrid systems of nanoparticles/liquid crystals form straight chains of nanoparticles of length longer than tens of micrometers and width equal to one single nanoparticle. The interparticle distance in a chain can be varied between a few micrometers and 1.5 nm, highlighting the control of optical absorption by light polarization monitored by gold nanoparticle concentration.

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