@article{10902/28997,
year = {2016},
month = {6},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/28997},
abstract = {Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) are anisotropic nanoparticles that can cause modifications in the electrical and electro-optical properties of liquid crystals. The control of the SWCNT concentration, distribution and reorientation in such self-organized fluids allows for the possibility of tuning the liquid crystal properties. The alignment and reorientation of CNTs are studied in a system where the liquid crystal orientation effect has been isolated. Complementary studies including Raman spectroscopy, microscopic inspection and impedance studies were carried out. The results reveal an ordered reorientation of the CNTs induced by an electric field, which does not alter the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules. Moreover, impedance spectroscopy suggests a nonnegligible anchoring force between the CNTs and the liquid crystal molecules.},
organization = {This work has been supported by the European COST Action IC1208, financed by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain (grants TEC2013-47342-C2-2-R and TEC2013-50138-EXP) and by the R&D Program SINFOTON S2013/MIT-2790 financed by the Comunidad de Madrid and the European Structural funds (FEDER). AAG is grateful to the European Union's FP7 Programme under Grant Agreement No. HEALTH-F3-2012-304814 - Project "RAPTADIAG". The authors especially wish to thank Christophe Blanc from the Université Montpellier 2 (France) for his advice and technical assistance.},
publisher = {Beilstein-Institut Zur Forderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften},
publisher = {Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2016, 7, 825-833},
title = {Reorientation of single-wall carbon nanotubes in negative anisotropy liquid crystals by an electric field},
author = {García García, Amanda and Vergaz Benito, Ricardo and Algorri Genaro, José Francisco and Zito, Gianluigi and Cacace, Teresa and Marino, Antigone and Otón Sánchez, José Manuel and Geday, Morten Andreas},
}