Nanoparticle-Dispersed Liquid Crystals Fabricated by Sputter Doping

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 622 - 626
• Main Authors: Yoshida, Hiroyuki, Kawamoto, Kosuke, Kubo, Hitoshi, Tsuda, Testuya, Fujii, Akihiko, Kuwabata, Susumu, Ozaki, Masanori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 02.02.2010; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Liquid crystals; Liquid Crystals - chemistry; Nanoparticles; Nanoparticles - chemistry; Nanoparticles - ultrastructure; Nanotechnology - methods; Sputter doping

A simple and robust method to prepare nanoparticle‐dispersed liquid crystals is demonstrated. Highly dispersed gold nanoparticle–liquid crystal suspensions are fabricated by simply sputter doping the gold target on the host liquid crystal (see figure). The existence of the nanoparticles is supported...