Kato Takashi, Mizoshita Norihiro, Kishimoto Kenji
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2005 Dec 16;45(1):38-68. doi: 10.1002/anie.200501384.
In the 21st century, soft materials will become more important as functional materials because of their dynamic nature. Although soft materials are not as highly durable as hard materials, such as metals, ceramics, and engineering plastics, they can respond well to stimuli and the environment. The introduction of order into soft materials induces new dynamic functions. Liquid crystals are ordered soft materials consisting of self-organized molecules and can potentially be used as new functional materials for electron, ion, or molecular transporting, sensory, catalytic, optical, and bio-active materials. For this functionalization, unconventional materials design is required. Herein, we describe new approaches to the functionalization of liquid crystals and show how the design of liquid crystals formed by supramolecular assembly and nano-segregation leads to the formation of a variety of new self-organized functional materials.
在21世纪，软材料因其动态特性作为功能材料将变得更加重要。尽管软材料不像金属、陶瓷和工程塑料等硬材料那样具有高耐久性，但它们能对刺激和环境做出良好反应。在软材料中引入有序结构会诱导产生新的动态功能。液晶是由自组装分子构成的有序软材料，有可能用作电子、离子或分子传输、传感、催化、光学及生物活性材料等新型功能材料。为实现这种功能化，需要非常规的材料设计。在此，我们描述了液晶功能化的新方法，并展示了由超分子组装和纳米相分离形成的液晶设计如何导致多种新型自组装功能材料的形成。
