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Lyotropic Liquid‐Crystalline Solutions of High‐Concentration Dispersions of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Conjugated Polymers
Author(s) -
Lee Hang Woo,
You Wei,
Barman Soumendra,
Hellstrom Sondra,
LeMieux Melburne C.,
Oh Joon Hak,
Liu Shuhong,
Fujiwara Takenori,
Wang Wechung Maria,
Chen Bin,
Jin Yong Wan,
Kim Jong Min,
Bao Zhenan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200800640
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , lyotropic , materials science , birefringence , polymer , dispersion (optics) , liquid crystalline , conjugated system , nanotechnology , lyotropic liquid crystal , composite number , chemical engineering , liquid crystal , polymer science , optics , composite material , optoelectronics , physics , engineering
Line up! Aligned single‐walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) films are formed from a lyotropic liquid‐crystalline high‐concentration SWNT/polymer composite (≈2 mg mL −1 ) dispersion. Birefringence from cross‐polarized microscopy is demonstrated as a uniaxial alignment of SWNTs (see images).