Smectic liquid crystal polymers as a template for ultrathin CaCO3 nanolayers

Yifei Xu; Huub P. C. van Kuringen; Dirk J. Mulder; Albertus P. H. J. Schenning; Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk

doi:10.1039/C5RA27752C

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Smectic liquid crystal polymers as a template for ultrathin CaCO₃ nanolayers†

Yifei Xu,^ab Huub P. C. van Kuringen,^cd Dirk J. Mulder,^cd Albertus P. H. J. Schenning*^ce and Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk*^ae

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^a Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry & Center of Multiscale Electron Microscopy, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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^b National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and School of Physics, Nanjing University, Hankou Rd.22, Nanjing, China
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^c Laboratory for Functional Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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^d Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

^e Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO box 513, Eindhoven, 5600 MB, The Netherlands

Abstract

The poly(aspartic acid) (pAsp) assisted infiltration of a nanoporous smectic liquid crystalline network with CaCO₃ yields only ∼1 nm thick crystalline nanolayers. This bioinspired strategy opens the way to new functional materials based on solution-grown quasi 2D crystals of only a few unit cells thick.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA27752C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 25 Dec 2015
Accepted: 25 Jan 2016
First published: 27 Jan 2016

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RSC Adv., 2016,6, 13953-13956

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Smectic liquid crystal polymers as a template for ultrathin CaCO₃ nanolayers

Y. Xu, H. P. C. van Kuringen, D. J. Mulder, A. P. H. J. Schenning and N. A. J. M. Sommerdijk, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 13953 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA27752C

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