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Fractionation of cellulose nanocrystals: enhancing liquid crystal ordering without promoting gelation
Honorato Rios, Camila; Lehr, Claudius Moritz; Schütz, Christina et al.
2018In NPG asia materials
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Keywords :
liquid crystals; colloids; gel
Abstract :
[en] Colloids of electrically charged nanorods can spontaneously develop a fluid yet ordered liquid crystal phase, but this ordering competes with a tendency to form a gel of percolating rods. The threshold for ordering is reduced by increasing the rod aspect ratio, but the percolation threshold is also reduced with this change; hence, prediction of the outcome is nontrivial. Here, we show that by establishing the phase behavior of suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals(CNCs) fractionated according to length, an increased aspect ratio can strongly favor liquid crystallinity without necessarily influencing gelation. Gelation is instead triggered by increasing the counterion concentration until theCNCs lose colloidal stability, triggering linear aggregation, which promotes percolation regardless of the original rod aspect ratio. Our results shine new light on the competition between liquid crystal formation and gelation in nanoparticle suspensions and provide a path for enhanced control of CNC self-organization for applications in photonic crystal paper or advanced composites.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Honorato Rios, Camila ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Lehr, Claudius Moritz ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Schütz, Christina ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Sanctuary, Roland ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Osipov, Mikhail;  University of Strathclyde > Mathematics and Statistics
Baller, Jörg ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Lagerwall, Jan  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Fractionation of cellulose nanocrystals: enhancing liquid crystal ordering without promoting gelation
Publication date :
24 May 2018
Journal title :
NPG asia materials
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Focus Area :
Physics and Materials Science
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