Multiphase coexistence and destabilization of liquid crystalline binary nanosheet colloids of titanate and clay

Soft Matter. 2014 May 14;10(18):3161-5. doi: 10.1039/c3sm52311j. Epub 2014 Mar 24.

Abstract

A plate-plate binary colloid system of photocatalytically active titanate and inert clay nanosheets shows macroscopically separated multiphase coexistence. Two liquid crystalline phases and one isotropic phase coexist at high titanate and low clay concentrations whereas the colloids are destabilized at high clay concentrations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't