Liquid Crystals: Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals: Discovery, Evolution and Applications (Adv. Mater. 16/2016)

Rekha Narayan; Ji Eun Kim; Ju Young Kim; Kyung Eun Lee; Sang Ouk Kim

doi:10.1002/adma.201670110

Liquid Crystals: Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals: Discovery, Evolution and Applications (Adv. Mater. 16/2016)

Adv Mater. 2016 Apr;28(16):3044. doi: 10.1002/adma.201670110.

Authors

Rekha Narayan¹, Ji Eun Kim¹, Ju Young Kim¹, Kyung Eun Lee¹, Sang Ouk Kim¹

Affiliation

¹ National Creative Research Initiative Center for Multi-Dimensional Directed Nanoscale Assembly, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 27105812
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201670110

Abstract

Graphene-oxide liquid crystals (GOLCs) have recently been discovered as a novel 2D material with remarkable properties. On page 3045, S. O. Kim and co-workers review the discovery of different GOLC mesophases and recent progress on fundamental studies and applications. The image displays the nematic schlieren texture (in the background) formed by flowing domains of graphene-oxide liquid crystals and their potential applications in energy storage, optoelectronics and wet-spun fibers.

Keywords: colloids; graphene; graphene oxide; liquid crystals; nematic.