• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 69, Issue 8, 086102-1 (2020)
Xing-Zheng Wang1, Chen-Jing Yang1, Li-Heng Cai2、*, and Dong Chen1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Process Equipment, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 2College of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22904, United States of America
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.69.20200332 Cite this Article
    Xing-Zheng Wang, Chen-Jing Yang, Li-Heng Cai, Dong Chen. The rheology property of organogels based on 3D helical nanofilament bnetworks self-assembled by bent-core liquid crystals[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(8): 086102-1 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In the B4 phase of bent-core liquid crystals, smectic layers of tilted achiral bent-core molecules are chiral and polar, which, driven by intra-layer structural mismatch, eventually twist into helical nanofilaments. We design a NOBOW/hexadecane organogel system, which is different from traditional organogel system, and the studied organogels show reversible gel-liquid transitions under temperature cycles. At high temperature, the NOBOW molecules dissolve in hexadecane and the storage modulus and viscous modulus show typical liquid characteristics. At low temperature, the mobility of NOBOW molecules decreases and the storage modulus of the organogels increases as the temperature decreases. We conduct a rheology experiment to systematically investigate the viscoelasticity of the organogel to understand the property of the organogel and develop the application in soft matter. The viscoelastic studies of the organogels reveal that the helical nanofilaments are internally strained and their 3D networks are relatively stiff, which provides an in-depth insight into the properties of the organogels and paves the way for their applications in soft matter.
    Xing-Zheng Wang, Chen-Jing Yang, Li-Heng Cai, Dong Chen. The rheology property of organogels based on 3D helical nanofilament bnetworks self-assembled by bent-core liquid crystals[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(8): 086102-1
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