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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2021

Micellar Lyotropic Nematic Gels.

Sonja Dieterich, Friedrich Stemmler, Natalie Preisig, Frank Giesselmann

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Aquatic Functional Liquid Crystals: Design, Functionalization, and Molecular Simulation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  3. Micellar Lyotropic Nematic Gels.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sonja DieterichInstitute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
Friedrich StemmlerInstitute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
Natalie PreisigInstitute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
Frank GiesselmannInstitute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9974-9470
University of Stuttgart · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Gi 243/9-1Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) gels are a new class of liquid crystal (LC) networks that combine the anisotropy of micellar LLCs with the mechanical stability of a gel. However, so far, only micellar LLC gels with lamellar and hexagonal structures have been obtained by the addition of gelators to LLCs. Here, the first examples of lyotropic nematic gels are presented. The key to obtain these nematic gels is the use of gelators that have a non-amphiphilic molecular structure and thus leave the size and shape of the micellar aggregates essentially unchanged. By adding these gelators to lyotropic nematic phases, an easy and reproducible way to obtain large amounts of lyotropic nematic gels is established. These nematic gels preserve the long-range orientational order and optical birefringence of a lyotropic nematic phase but have the mechanical stability of a gel. LLC nematic gels are promising new materials for elastic and anisotropic hydrogels to be applied as water-based stimuli-responsive actuators and sensors.

Indexed as

low-molecular-weight gelatorslyotropic liquid crystalslyotropic nematic gelsself-assembled fibrillar networks

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PMID33458888
PMCPMC11468423
OpenAlexW3121966202

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