Controlled synthesis of nanowires, nanodiscs, and nanostructured materials using liquid crystalline templates

摘要

A process for synthesizing nanostructures involving providing a first reactant, forming a liquid crystalline template containing the first reactant and contacting the template with a gas phase composed of a second reactant under conditions effective to form nanostructures is disclosed. A method of making a liquid crystalline template by combining and allowing to react a block copolymer, a polar continuous phase material, and a dispersed nonpolar phase material under conditions effective to form the liquid crystalline template is also disclosed.