Functional liquid crystals towards the next generation of materials

T Kato, J Uchida, T Ichikawa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of the liquid‐crystalline state in 1888, liquid crystal science has made
great advances through fusion with various technologies and disciplines. Recently, new …

Transport of ions and electrons in nanostructured liquid crystals

T Kato, M Yoshio, T Ichikawa, B Soberats… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The nanosegregated structures of columnar, smectic and bicontinuous cubic liquid crystals
can provide well-organized, nano-and sub-nanosized 1D, 2D and 3D channels capable of …

In situ bond modulation of graphitic carbon nitride to construct p–n homojunctions for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production

G Liu, G Zhao, W Zhou, Y Liu, H Pang… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) has recently emerged as an attractive photocatalyst for
solar energy conversion. However, the photocatalytic activities of g‐C3N4 remain moderate …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of a three-proton insertion mechanism in α-molybdenum trioxide leading to enhanced charge storage capacity

Y Lei, W Zhao, J Yin, Y Ma, Z Zhao, J Yin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The α-molybdenum trioxide has attracted much attention for proton storage owing to its
easily modified bilayer structure, fast proton insertion kinetics, and high theoretical specific …

Study of MXene-filled polyurethane nanocomposites prepared via an emulsion method

W Zhi, S Xiang, R Bian, R Lin, K Wu, T Wang… - Composites Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, an emulsion method is applied to fill two-dimensional MXenes into
polyurethanes (PUs). It shows that the addition of 0.5 wt% MXenes increase the yield stress …

Sea-urchin-structure g-C3N4 with narrow bandgap (˜ 2.0 eV) for efficient overall water splitting under visible light irradiation

Y Zeng, H Li, J Luo, J Yuan, L Wang, C Liu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
A broad bandgap and detrimental recombination of photoexcited h+-e− pairs are fatal
deficiencies for using the gC 3 N 4 visible light water splitting. Herein, a sea-urchin-structure …

g-C3N4 photoanode for photoelectrocatalytic synergistic pollutant degradation and hydrogen evolution

X Zhao, D Pan, X Chen, R Li, T Jiang, W Wang… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) technique for hydrogen evolution from water splitting and
pollutant degradation is one of the most sustainable and environmental approaches for …

A Metal‐Free Helical Covalent Inorganic Polymer: Preparation, Crystal Structure and Optical Properties

M Xue, L Zhang, X Wang, Q Dong, Z Zhu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Helical morphologies are widely observed in nature, however, it is very challenging to
prepare artificial helical polymers. Especially, precisely understanding the structure …

Proton-conductive materials formed by coumarin photocrosslinked ionic liquid crystal dendrimers

A Concellón, T Liang, APHJ Schenning… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we have successfully examined for the first time the use of ionic dendrimers as
building blocks for the preparation of 1D and 2D proton conductive materials. For this …

Development of Glassy Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystals for Solid Proton-Conductive Materials.

T Kobayashi, T Ichikawa, T Kato… - … Materials (Deerfield Beach …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Glassy bicontinuous cubic liquid crystals are developed to be a matrix having a hydrophilic
infinite periodic minimal surface (IPMS). They function as a scaffold for water, leading to the …