主催: 一般社団法人日本液晶学会
会議名: 2024年日本液晶学会討論会
開催地: 富山大学
開催日: 2024/09/11 - 2024/09/13
We here report the development of organic/inorganic hybrid liquid-crystalline (LC) materials consisting of a hydroxyapatite (HAP)/poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) nanorod and photoresponsive dendritic forklike mesogens. New forklike mesogens containing three azobenzene moieties are designed and synthesized for the surface modification of the HAP/PAA nanorod with these molecules. The HAP/PAA nanorod modified with the forklike mesogens exhibits thermotropic LC phases and photoresponsive properties in the solvent-free states. The biomineral-based photoresponsive organic/inorganic colloidal liquid crystals may have potential for the development of new photofunctional sustainable materials.