Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 40, Issue 2, 329(2025)
Polymeric materials with bicontinuous nanochannels via polymerizable gyroid liquid crystals
Fig. 1. (a) Three-dimensional model of the Gyroid structure. The red color represents the enantiomeric skeletons, and the light gray part is TPMS; (b) Saddle surfaces with negative Gaussian curvature in the Gyroid structure, similar to Pringles chips; (c) Type 1 and type 2 Gyroid based on the spatial distribution characteristics of the water and the oil phases.
Fig. 2. Critical packing parameter (CPP) and its relationship with the self-assembled morphologies[23]
Fig. 3. (a) Photo of viscous Gyroid liquid crystals; (b) “Dark” image of Gyroid liquid crystals with no bright optical texture under polarized light; (c) Photo of the SAXS beamline of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility used to study Gyroid liquid crystals; (d) SAXS diffraction pattern showing typical diffraction rings; (e) TEM observation of microtomed Gyroid liquid crystals after photocuring.
Fig. 4. (a) Molecular structure of the polymerizable amphiphilic molecule (Diene-GZI); (b) Schematic illustration of the molecular arrangement within the Gyroid skeleton structure.
Fig. 5. Molecular structures and schematic illustrations of polymerizable zwitterionic surfactants (SB11-1MA) (a) and Pluronic surfactants (P105-DA) (b); (c) Gyroid structures formed by self-assembly. (d) Li+ transport process within the Gyroid structure.
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Xunda FENG. Polymeric materials with bicontinuous nanochannels via polymerizable gyroid liquid crystals[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2025, 40(2): 329
Category: Soft Matter Self-assembly
Received: Aug. 31, 2024
Accepted: --
Published Online: Mar. 28, 2025
The Author Email: Xunda FENG (xunda.feng@dhu.edu.cn)