Patterned silver nanoparticles embedded in a nanoporous smectic liquid crystalline polymer network

Debarshi Dasgupta; Ivelina K Shishmanova; Amparo Ruiz-Carretero; Kangbo Lu; Martinus Verhoeven; Huub P C van Kuringen; Giuseppe Portale; Philippe Leclère; Cees W M Bastiaansen; Dirk J Broer; Albertus P H J Schenning

doi:10.1021/ja404825y

Patterned silver nanoparticles embedded in a nanoporous smectic liquid crystalline polymer network

J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Jul 31;135(30):10922-5. doi: 10.1021/ja404825y. Epub 2013 Jul 18.

Authors

Debarshi Dasgupta¹, Ivelina K Shishmanova, Amparo Ruiz-Carretero, Kangbo Lu, Martinus Verhoeven, Huub P C van Kuringen, Giuseppe Portale, Philippe Leclère, Cees W M Bastiaansen, Dirk J Broer, Albertus P H J Schenning

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Functional Organic Materials and Devices, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

PMID: 23834378
DOI: 10.1021/ja404825y

Abstract

A nanoporous smectic liquid crystalline polymer network has been exploited to fabricate photo patternable organic-inorganic hybrid materials, wherein, the nanoporous channels control the diameter and orientational order of the silver nanoparticles.