Abstract
Electrically responsive liquid crystal polymer nanorods were fabricated by template synthesis. Liquid crystal monomers are templated by alumina membranes. Molecular ordering of the liquid crystal molecules resulted from the confinement in the sub-micron channels and this ordering can be captured permanently through photo-polymerization. Template removal and sonication result in individual rods that can be reoriented by applied electrical and magnetic fields. Such anisotropic particles have significant potential applications in electro-rheological fluids and in active mixing in microfluidic channels.
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