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Self-assembly of amphiphiles, polymers and proteins at interfaces between thermotropic liquid crystals and aqueous phases
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In this paper, the authors describe the emergence of a set of experimental observations that revolve around the ordering of liquid crystals at interfaces to immiscible aqueous phases, including the self-assembly of surfactants, lipids, proteins and synthetic polymers at these interfaces.About:
This article is published in Surface Science Reports.The article was published on 2008-06-15. It has received 158 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Liquid crystal & Thermotropic crystal.read more
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Chemical and biological sensing using liquid crystals
Rebecca J. Carlton,Jacob T. Hunter,Daniel S. Miller,Reza Abbasi,Peter C. Mushenheim,Lie Na Tan,Nicholas L. Abbott +6 more
TL;DR: This review focuses on principles for LC-based sensors that provide an optical output that selectively bind targeted species, thus leading to surface-driven changes in the organization of the LCs.
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Liquid Crystal Emulsions as the Basis of Biological Sensors for the Optical Detection of Bacteria and Viruses
TL;DR: This approach represents a novel means to sense and differentiate between types of bacteria and viruses based on their cell‐wall/envelope structure, paving the way for the development of a new class of LC microdroplet‐based biological sensors.
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Liquid crystal models of biological materials and processes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of liquid crystal (LC) models of phase diagrams, phase transitions, self-assembly, interfaces, defects, and rheology and their integrated applications to biological mesophase materials and processes.
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Thermotropic liquid crystal films for biosensors and beyond
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that not only the nematic liquid crystal phase, but also chiral nematic and blue phase and smectic liquid crystals can be used for sensing and may extend the sensitivity and/or the selection of biomaterials, which can be sensed.
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Real-Time Liquid Crystal pH Sensor for Monitoring Enzymatic Activities of Penicillinase
TL;DR: In this article, a liquid crystal (LC)-based pH sensor for real-time monitoring of changes in localized pH values near a solid surface is reported, along with its application for the detection of enzymatic activities.
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The physics of liquid crystals
P. G. de Gennes,Richard Alben +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define an order parameter statistical theories of the nematic order phenomonological description of the nematic-isotopic mixtures and describe the properties of these mixtures.
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Principles of colloid and surface chemistry
Paul C. Hiemenz,Raj Rajagopalan +1 more
TL;DR: Colloid and surface chemistry - scope and variables sedimentation and diffusion and their equilibrium solution thermodynamics - osmotic and Donnan equilibria the rheology of dispersions static and dynamic light scattering and other radiation scattering surface tension and contact angle - application to pure substances adsorption from solution and monolayer formation colloidal structures in surfactant solutions - association colloids adsorction at gas-solid interfaces van der Waals forces the electrical double layer and double-layer interactions electrophoresis and other electrokinetic phenomena electrostatic and polymer-induced
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Supported Membranes: Scientific and Practical Applications
TL;DR: Supporting lipid-protein bilayers form versatile models of low-dimensionality complex fluids, which can be used to study interfacial forces and wetting phenomena, and enable the design of phantom cells to explore the interplay of lock-and-key forces and universal forces for cell adhesion.
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Structure and phase transitions in Langmuir monolayers
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of chirality and the structures of simple lipids are described in detail, including structures revealed by x-ray-diffraction experiments, computer simulations, molecular models, and a phenomenological theory of phase transitions.
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Liquid crystal dispersions
TL;DR: In this article, a Catalogue of Droplet Structures of Gels and Porous Glasses is presented, along with methods for Probing Droplet Structure Catalogue and Configurations, and Electro-Optical Effects: Light Scattering Dichroic Effects Droplet Reorientation Fields Response Times Hysteresis and Persistence Effects Film Dielectric Properties Nonlinear Optical Effects.