Graphene oxide liquid crystals: a frontier 2D soft material for graphene-based functional materials

SP Sasikala, J Lim, IH Kim, HJ Jung, T Yun… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene, despite being the best known strong and electrical/thermal conductive material,
has found limited success in practical applications, mostly due to difficulties in the formation …

Lyotropic liquid crystal phases from anisotropic nanomaterials

I Dierking, S Al-Zangana - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Liquid crystals are an integral part of a mature display technology, also establishing
themselves in other applications, such as spatial light modulators, telecommunication …

Novel trends in lyotropic liquid crystals

I Dierking, A Martins Figueiredo Neto - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
We introduce and shortly summarize a variety of more recent aspects of lyotropic liquid
crystals (LLCs), which have drawn the attention of the liquid crystal and soft matter …

A new strategy of 3D printing lightweight lamellar graphene aerogels for electromagnetic interference shielding and piezoresistive sensor applications

H Guo, T Hua, J Qin, Q Wu, R Wang… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lamellar 3D structures are beneficial to raise the electrical properties of graphene aerogels
like electrical conductivity, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding efficiency (SE) and …

From colloids in liquid crystals to colloidal liquid crystals

I Dierking - Liquid Crystals, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Liquid crystals in combination with nanoparticles are a fascinating topic of research,
because of the wealth of aspects and questions to study. These range from simple effects of …

Graphene oxide liquid crystals aligned in a confined configuration: implications for optical materials

LG Trung, RK Mishra, S Subedi, AK Rella… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Orientation control of two-dimensional (2D) colloidal liquid crystals in both microscopic and
macroscopic scales holds massive promise for improved multifield applications. In this …

Universal alignment of graphene oxide in suspensions and fibers

YH Shim, H Ahn, S Lee, SO Kim, SY Kim - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Graphene oxide (GO) has become a key component for high-performance carbon-based
films or fibers based on its dispersibility and liquid crystallinity in an aqueous suspension …

Directed alignment of graphene-oxide liquid crystals in confined spaces: Effects of flow, pickering stabilization, and phase transition

S Kim, V Kumar, SW Kang - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Because of its versatility for processing, graphene oxide (GO) serves as a superior
substance for two-dimensional carbon-based materials. Controlling GO alignment is crucial …

Nanomaterials in liquid crystals

I Dierking - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Liquid crystals are often identified with the development of the flat panel television and
computer screens that we all use on a daily basis. Despite their enormous success in this …

Mechanical anisotropy of graphene nanocomposites induced by graphene alignment during stereolithography 3D printing

K Markandan, IP Seetoh, CQ Lai - Journal of Materials Research, 2021 - Springer
Stereolithographically 3D-printed graphene-PMMA nanocomposites were previously found
to be mechanically stiffer and stronger in the print axis, suggesting that the graphene filler …