2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the colloidal aggregation caused by electro-hydordynamic effects of nematic liquid crystals
Project/Area Number |
16K17776
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Biological physics/Chemical physics/Soft matter physics
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Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
Principal Investigator |
Sasaki Yuji 北海道大学, 工学研究院, 助教 (00649741)
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Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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Keywords | 液晶 / コロイド / 界面 / 自己組織化 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Ion-doped nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) can exhibit rich electro-hydrodynamic phenomena when an ac electrical voltage is applied. In this work, we use the electro-hydrodynamic effects to to control the colloidal aggregation. By using various NLCs and alignment layers, we have found that colloidal particles form some characteristic structures. Moreover, for a specific experimental condition, we have observed a pattern formation of an NLC which is caused by the ionic contribution.
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Free Research Field |
ソフトマター物理
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