Liquid crystal templating is a versatile technique to create novel organic and inorganic materials with nanoscale features. It exploits the self-assembled architectures of liquid crystal phases as scaffolds. This article focuses on some of the key developments in lyotropic and thermotropic liquid crystals templating. The procedures that were employed to create templated structures and the applications of these novel materials in various fields including mesoporous membranes, organic electronics, the synthesis of nanostructured materials and photonics, are described.

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液晶模板

液晶模板是一种通用技术，可以创建具有纳米级特征的新型有机和无机材料。它利用液晶相的自组装体系结构作为支架。本文重点介绍溶致和热致液晶模板化的一些关键进展。描述了用于创建模板结构的程序以及这些新型材料在包括介孔膜，有机电子学，纳米结构材料的合成和光子学在内的各个领域的应用。