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Nanomaterials, volume 10, issue 8, pages 1-16

Self-assembling behavior of smart nanocomposite system: Ferroelectric liquid crystal confined by stretched porous polyethylene film

Kašpar M. 1
Rychetský Ivan 1
Fekete Ladislav 1
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Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2020-07-30
Journal: Nanomaterials
Quartile SCImago
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor5.3
ISSN20794991
PubMed ID:  32751727
General Chemical Engineering
General Materials Science
Abstract

The control and prediction of soft systems exhibiting self-organization behavior can be realized by different means but still remains a highlighted task. Novel advanced nanocomposite system has been designed by filling of a stretched porous polyethylene (PE) film with pore dimensions of hundreds of nanometers by chiral ferroelectric liquid crystalline (LC) compound possessing polar self-assembling behavior. Lactic acid derivative exhibiting the paraelectric orthogonal smectic A* and the ferroelectric tilted smectic C* phases over a broad temperature range is used as a self-assembling compound. The morphology of nanocomposite film has been checked by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The designed nanocomposite has been studied by polarizing optical microscopy (POM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), small and wide-angle X-ray scattering and broadband dielectric spectroscopy. The effect of a porous PE confinement on self-assembling, structural, and dielectric behavior of the chiral LC compound has been established and discussed. While the mesomorphic and structural properties of the nanocomposite are found not to be much influenced in comparison to that of a pure LC compound, the polar properties have been toughly suppressed by the specific confinement. Nevertheless, the electro-optic switching was clearly observed under applied electric field of low frequency (210 V, 19 Hz). The dielectric spectroscopy and X-ray results reveal that the helical structure of the ferroelectric liquid crystal inside the PE matrix is completely unwound, and the molecules are aligned along stretching direction. Obtained results demonstrate possibilities of using stretched porous polyolefins as promising matrices for the design of new nanocomposites.

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Kašpar M. et al. Self-assembling behavior of smart nanocomposite system: Ferroelectric liquid crystal confined by stretched porous polyethylene film // Nanomaterials. 2020. Vol. 10. No. 8. pp. 1-16.
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Kašpar M., Bobrovsky A., Rychetský I., Fekete L., Hamplová V. Self-assembling behavior of smart nanocomposite system: Ferroelectric liquid crystal confined by stretched porous polyethylene film // Nanomaterials. 2020. Vol. 10. No. 8. pp. 1-16.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.3390/nano10081498
UR - https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fnano10081498
TI - Self-assembling behavior of smart nanocomposite system: Ferroelectric liquid crystal confined by stretched porous polyethylene film
T2 - Nanomaterials
AU - Rychetský, Ivan
AU - Fekete, Ladislav
AU - Kašpar, M.
AU - Bobrovsky, Alexey
AU - Hamplová, V.
PY - 2020
DA - 2020/07/30 00:00:00
PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
SP - 1-16
IS - 8
VL - 10
PMID - 32751727
SN - 2079-4991
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@article{2020_Kašpar
author = {Ivan Rychetský and Ladislav Fekete and M. Kašpar and Alexey Bobrovsky and V. Hamplová},
title = {Self-assembling behavior of smart nanocomposite system: Ferroelectric liquid crystal confined by stretched porous polyethylene film},
journal = {Nanomaterials},
year = {2020},
volume = {10},
publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)},
month = {jul},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fnano10081498},
number = {8},
pages = {1--16},
doi = {10.3390/nano10081498}
}
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Kašpar, M., et al. “Self-assembling behavior of smart nanocomposite system: Ferroelectric liquid crystal confined by stretched porous polyethylene film.” Nanomaterials, vol. 10, no. 8, Jul. 2020, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fnano10081498.
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