Molecular structure and dynamics of liquid crystals based nanocomposites

2012/05/B/ST3/02782

Keywords

Descriptors

  • ST3_12: Nanofizyka: nanoelekronika, nanofotonika, nanomagnetyzm
  • ST3_15: "Miękka" materia skondensowana (ciekłe kryształy, polimery,…)
  • ST3_18: Przejścia fazowe, równowaga faz

Panel

ST3 – Condensed matter physics: structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics

Host institution

Politechnika Częstochowska, Wydział Elektryczny

Voivodeship: śląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

prof. Andriy Kityk

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call

OPUS 3 – announced on 2012-03-15

Amount awarded
499 800 PLN
Project start date
2013-03-07
Project end date
2016-03-06
Project duration
36 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Aparat do spektroskopowych badań dielektrycznych (Response Analyzer, Solatron-Slumberger, model 1260A). Cost: 150 000 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (11)

  1. Thermotropic interface and core relaxation dynamics of liquid crystals in silica glass nanochannels: a dielectric spectroscopy study

    Authors:
    S. Całus, L.Borowik, A.V.Kityk, M. Eich, M.Busch and P. Huber
    Academic press:
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (year: 2015, volume: 17, pages: 22115-22124), Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/C5CP03039K – link to the publication
  2. Molecular ordering of the discotic liquid crystal HAT6 confined in mesoporous solids

    Authors:
    Sylwia Całus, Andriy V. Kityk, Patrick Huber
    Academic press:
    Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (year: 2014, volume: 197, pages: 26-32), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.micromeso.2014.05.036 – link to the publication
  3. Spatial variation of molecular dynamics in the nanoconfined glass former methanol

    Authors:
    Andriy V. Kityk, Patrick Huber, Rolf Pelster, Klaus Knorr
    Academic press:
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (year: 2014, volume: 118, pages: 12548−12554), Publisher: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/jp502565x – link to the publication
  4. Thermotropic orientational order of discotic liquid crystals in nanochannels: an optical polarimetry study and a Landau–de Gennes analysis

    Authors:
    Andriy V. Kityk, Mark Busch, Daniel Rau, Sylwia Calus, Carole V. Cerclier, Ronan Lefort, Denis Morineau, Eric Grelet, Christina Krause, Andreas Schonhals, Bernhard Frick, Patrick Huber
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (year: 2014, volume: 10, pages: 4522-4534), Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c4sm00211c – link to the publication
  5. Molecular dynamics of pyrene based discotic liquid crystals confined in nanopores probed by incoherent quasielastic neutron scattering

    Authors:
    Makha Ndao, Ronan Lefort, Carole V. Cerclier, Remi Busselez, Denis Morineau, Bernhard Frick,Jacques Ollivier,Andriy V. Kityk, Patrick Huber
    Academic press:
    RSC Advances (year: 2014, volume: 4, pages: 59358–59369), Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c4ra13032d – link to the publication
  6. Paranematic-to-nematic ordering of a binary mixture of rodlike liquid crystals confined in cylindrical nanochannels

    Authors:
    Sylwia Całus, Beata Jabłonska, Mark Busch, Daniel Rau, Patrick Huber, Andriy V. Kityk
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW E (year: 2014, volume: 89, pages: 062501-1 do 062501-12), Publisher: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevE.89.062501 – link to the publication
  7. High-resolution dielectric study reveals pore-size-dependent orientational order of a discotic liquid crystal confined in tubular nanopore

    Authors:
    S. Całus, A.V.Kityk, L.Borowik, R.Lefort, D.Morineau, C.Krause, A.Schonhals, M.Busch and Patrick Huber
    Academic press:
    Physical Review E (year: 2015, volume: 92, pages: 012503-1 do 012503-6), Publisher: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevE.92.012503 – link to the publication
  8. Chiral Phases of a Confined Cholesteric Liquid Crystal: Anchoring-Dependent Helical and Smectic Self-Assembly in Nanochannels

    Authors:
    S. Całus, M. Busch, A.V.Kityk, W. Piecek, P. Huber
    Academic press:
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C (year: 2016, volume: 120, pages: 11727-11738), Publisher: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03553 – link to the publication
  9. Inhomogeneous relaxation dynamics and phase behaviour of a liquid crystal confined in a nanoporous solid.

    Authors:
    S.Całus, A.V.Kityk, M.Eich and P.Huber
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (year: 2015, volume: 11, pages: 3176-3187), Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/C5SM00108K – link to the publication
  10. Thermotropic nematic order upon nanocapillary filling

    Authors:
    Patrick Huber, Mark Busch, Sylwia Całus, and Andriy V. Kityk
    Academic press:
    Physical Review E (year: 2013, volume: 87, pages: 042502-1 do 042502-6), Publisher: American Physical Society, Physics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevE.87.042502 – link to the publication
  11. A ferroelectric liquid crystal confined in cylindrical nanopores: reversible smectic layer buckling, enhanced light rotation and extremely fast electro-optically active Goldstone excitations

    Authors:
    M. Busch, A.V. Kityk, W. Piecek, T. Hofmann, D. Wallacher, S. Całus, P. Kula, M. Steinhart, M. Eich, P. Huber
    Academic press:
    Nanoscale (year: 2017, volume: 9, pages: 19086-19099), Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c7nr07273b – link to the publication

Articles in post-conference publications (5)

  1. Dielectric spectroscopy on the relaxation dynamics and phase behavior of the rod-like nematogen condensed in nanochannels

    Authors:
    Sylwia Całus, Andriy V. Kityk, Manfred Eich and Patrick Huber
    Conference:
    Nano Today Conference 2015 (year: 2015, pages: 46), Publisher: Elsevier, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology w Singapurze oraz Journal Nano Today
    Date:
    conference 06-10.12
    Status:
    Published
  2. Ferroelectric liquid crystal in nanoconfinement: Molecular ordering inside tabular nanochannels explored by optical polarimetry techniques

    Authors:
    S. Całus and A.V.Kityk
    Conference:
    15th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (year: 2015, pages: 90), Publisher: Fyzikalni ustav AV CR, v.v.i.
    Date:
    conference 28.06-03.07
    Status:
    Published
  3. Thermotropic ordering of discotic liquid crystals in nanochannels: an optical polarimetry study

    Authors:
    Sylwia Całus, Patrick Huber, Andriy V. Kityk
    Conference:
    11th International Conference on Nanoscience & Nanotechnologies (year: 2014, pages: 225), Publisher: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Date:
    conference 8-11.07
    Status:
    Published
  4. Binary mixtures of rod-like liquid crystals in cylindrical nanochannels

    Authors:
    Sylwia Całus, Andriy Kityk, Patrick Huber
    Conference:
    NanoIsrael-The 4th International Nanotechnology Conference & Exhibition (year: 2014, pages: 350), Publisher: kenes exhibitions
    Date:
    conference 24-25.03
    Status:
    Published
  5. Optical studies on a sequential filling of silica nano-capillarie with a rod-like liquid crystal

    Authors:
    Sylwia Całus, Mark Busch, Patrick Huber, Andriy V. Kityk
    Conference:
    XI Latinamerican Meeting on Optics, Lasers and Applications (year: 2013, pages: 664), Publisher: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto
    Date:
    conference July 22-26
    Status:
    Published

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