A simple and effective procedure to incorporate strongly-emitting inorganic clusters into nematic liquid crystals has been reported by a team from France. By combining the supramolecular paradigms of host–guest chemistry and electrostatic interactions the team have overcome previously insurmountable limitations of liquid crystalline materials.
Liquid crystals, which exhibit long-range directional order but also flow like a liquid, are a prominent feature of modern technology. They are commonly used as temperature sensors and their nematic phase is an integral component in liquid crystal display (LCD) technology.
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From metallic cluster-based ceramics to nematic hybrid liquid crystals: a double supramolecular approach
Susanta K. Nayak, Maria Amela-Cortes, Claire Roiland, Stéphane Cordier and Yann Molard
Chem. Commun., 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC10085A, Communication
