Ansiotropic nanostructures are important elements of modern science and technology. Control of molecular order of structures is a powerful technique which gives the ability to tailor properties specific applications. For instance, the use of rod-like structures is improving the device characteristic of solar cells by alignment of electron carrying nanorods perpendicular to the electrode. Anisotorpic nanoparticles have also been used extensively to improve the performances of liquid crystalline display devices aside from influencing optical properties as well as electro-optical response, as they were used as alignment layers or mediators. Liquid-crystal phases of various type of materials have been identified in the suspensions (or dispersions) which due to their rigid-rod like shape and size such as V2O5 ribbons1a , tobacco mosaic viruse , inorganic nanorods , and carbon nanotubes . The unique characteristic of liquid crystallinity is the tendency of the molecules to align themselves with long-range order. For this purpose it is necessary to combine their anisotropy with mobility besides the solubility in a solvent . However, all these requirements add an extra step in order to make nanostructures applicable. Alternatively, we are introducing organic polycyanurate (PCE) anisotropic nanostructures having intrinsic liquid crystallinity. Furthermore, polycyanurate nanordos (PCEnr) and nanotubes (PCEnt) have residual cyanate ester functional groups along the tube/rod surface susceptible to further bioaffinity.
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