Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Liquid Crystals: Evaluation of Nano-level Hybrid Structure formed by the Complexation of Anisotropic Monodispersed TiO2 particles with Liquid-Crystalline Amines

Abstract

Organic-inorganic hybrid thermotropic liquid crystal has been obtained by the hybridization of an organic amine with a mesogenic core and monodispersed TiO2 nanoparticles with different sizes and shapes. It was revealed that the monodispersity played a key role for the induction of the liquid crystallinity. The nanolevel hybrid structures of the organic-inorganic hybrid liquid crystalline phases were examined by rheological measurements and small angle X-ray measurements.