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Quantifying nematic order in the evaporation-driven self-assembly of halloysite nanotubes: nematic islands and the critical aspect ratio

Published:2023 Issue:46 Volume:19 Page:9050-9058
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Dadwal Arun¹,Prasher Meenu²^ORCID,Sengupta Pranesh²³,Kumar Nitin¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076, India

2. Materials Science Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India

3. Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India

Abstract

What determines nanorod self-assembly upon evaporation? Experiments on halloysite nanotubes reveal that rods with an aspect ratio of 6.5 or higher must always exist in a highly aligned nematic state.

Funder

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Science and Engineering Research Board

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/SM/D3SM01224G

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