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Liquid‐Crystal Templating of Conducting Polymers
Author(s) -
Hulvat James F.,
Stupp Samuel I.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390206
Subject(s) - materials science , birefringence , polymer , lyotropic liquid crystal , liquid crystal , texture (cosmology) , lyotropic , hexagonal crystal system , anisotropy , optical anisotropy , nanotechnology , conductive polymer , crystal (programming language) , crystallography , polymer science , liquid crystalline , optics , optoelectronics , composite material , chemistry , programming language , physics , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence , computer science
Mimicking the texture and anisotropy of the template , birefringent conducting polymer films (see picture) have been obtained by electropolymerization of 3,4‐ethyldioxythiophene (EDOT) within a hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystal. Using a self‐assembled template to control molecular orientation in conducting polymers could enhance electronic and optical properties.