超分子で安定化したロジウムナノ粒子の調製と液晶表示素子への応用

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Supramolecular chemistry is concerned with interactions between molecules, how they can recognize each other, assemble and function on a molecular scale. It provides a bottom up approach to nanoscale systems with applications ranging from biology to materials science. Merging of nanoparticles or nanotechnology, in a wide sense, with self-assembled systems such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs), may attract the attention of researchers who are interested in inaugurating new combinations of different fields. This study aims to synthesize supramolecule-stabilized rhodium nanoparticles and using them to develop novel display materials. Crown ether-stabilized rhodium nanoparticles and calixarene-stabilized rhodium (CA-Rh) nanoparticles have an average diameter of a single nanometer. The power consumption of this TN-LCDs in the presence of CA-Rh rhodium nanoparticles was low. The contrast ratio in the presence of CA-Rh nanoparticles is much better than that in the absence.