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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Experimental Advances in Nanoparticle-Driven Stabilization of Liquid-Crystalline Blue Phases and Twist-Grain Boundary Phases.

George Cordoyiannis, Marta Lavrič, Vasileios Tzitzios, Maja Trček, Ioannis Lelidis, George Nounesis, Samo Kralj, Jan Thoen, Zdravko Kutnjak

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

George CordoyiannisCondensed Matter Physics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-5062-5322
Marta LavričCondensed Matter Physics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-3287-8910
Vasileios TzitziosInstitute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Aghia Paraskevi, 15310 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5687-081X
Maja TrčekCondensed Matter Physics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Ioannis LelidisFaculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou, 15784 Athens, Greece.
George NounesisInstitute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Aghia Paraskevi, 15310 Athens, Greece.
Samo KraljFaculty of Natural Sciences, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-3962-8845
Jan ThoenDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
Zdravko KutnjakCondensed Matter Physics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-3089-7993
Jožef Stefan Institute · SINational Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" · GRKU Leuven · BENational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Maribor · SI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in experimental studies of nanoparticle-driven stabilization of chiral liquid-crystalline phases are highlighted. The stabilization is achieved via the nanoparticles' assembly in the defect lattices of the soft liquid-crystalline hosts. This is of significant importance for understanding the interactions of nanoparticles with topological defects and for envisioned technological applications. We demonstrate that blue phases are stabilized and twist-grain boundary phases are induced by dispersing surface-functionalized CdSSe quantum dots, spherical Au nanoparticles, as well as MoS

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blue phasescalorimetrydisclination linesliquid crystalsmicroscopynanoparticlesquantum dotsreduced-graphene oxidescrew dislocationstwist-grain boundary phases

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PMID34835732
PMCPMC8618027
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