A. V. Sadovoi, D. N. Bratashov, A. M. Yashchenok, Yu. I. Svenskaya, G. B. Sukhorukov, D. A. Gorin, “Liquid crystal-in-water emulsion stabilized by layer-by-layer adsorption of polyelectrolytes and magnetite nanoparticles”, Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2010, Volume 36, Issue 2,Pages <nobr>87

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Liquid crystal-in-water emulsion stabilized by layer-by-layer adsorption of polyelectrolytes and magnetite nanoparticles

A. V. Sadovoi^abcd, D. N. Bratashov^abcd, A. M. Yashchenok^abcd, Yu. I. Svenskaya^abcd, G. B. Sukhorukov^abcd, D. A. Gorin^abcd

^a Saratov State University
^b Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
^c Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, D-14424, Potsdam, Germany
^d Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, 117602, Singapore

Abstract: We propose a method for stabilizing and modifying the dispersed phase of a liquid crystal-in-water (LC/water) emulsion using the sequential adsorption of polyelectrolytes and magnetite nanoparticles, which leads to the formation of LC-filled nanocomposite microcapsules. The obtained samples were studied by optical microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. It is established that the LC-filled nanocomposite microcapsules can move under the action of an external magnetic field.

Received: 27.08.2009