Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 40, Issue 2, 369(2025)

In-situ synthesis of gold nanoparticles in liquid crystal phases

Chenyue LI1, Xiao YUAN2, Yinjie CHEN3, Shuaifeng ZHANG1, and Lanying ZHANG2、*
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  • 1College of Material Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 3School of Printing and Packaging Engineering, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing 102600, China
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    In order to solve the problem of nanoparticle dispersion in liquid crystal and improve the stability of liquid crystal phase, this paper innovatively proposed a method for in-situ synthesis of nanoparticles. Using noble metal acetate as precursor and reducing agent, liquid crystal as template and protective agent, and controlling different conditions such as reaction temperature and precursor concentration, gold nanoparticles with different particle sizes and morphologies were prepared, and their effects on liquid crystal phase transition behavior and blue phase temperature range were studied. By in-situ synthesizing 7.0 nm gold nanoparticles in the blue phase of liquid crystal, the nanoparticles are evenly dispersed and the blue phase temperature range is widened by 20%. This method of in-situ synthesis of nanoparticles in liquid crystals provides new ideas and applications for the composite of inorganic nano and organic materials.

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    Chenyue LI, Xiao YUAN, Yinjie CHEN, Shuaifeng ZHANG, Lanying ZHANG. In-situ synthesis of gold nanoparticles in liquid crystal phases[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2025, 40(2): 369

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    Category: Liquid Crystal Nanomaterials

    Received: Sep. 29, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 28, 2025

    The Author Email: Lanying ZHANG (zhanglanying@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2024-0297

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