The role of anions in adsorbate-induced anchoring transitions of liquid crystals on surfaces with discrete cation binding sites
Abstract
A universal exponential relationship is found between calculated displacement free energies and adsorbate-induced dynamic responses of liquid crystals for a range of metal salts. Nitrate anions provide fast response times.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.1039/c7sm01981e
Entities
People
- Huaizhe Yu
- Manos Mavrikakis
- Nanqi Bao
- Nicholas L Abbott
- Robert J Twieg
- Tibor Szilvási
Organizations
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Army Research Office
- Division of Materials Research
- Kent State University
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- United States Army
- United States Department of Energy
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry