Research on lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals has grown tremendously from fundamental studies to designing functional materials for applications in biological fields and other technological areas. The majority of the research has centered on utilizing chromonic small molecules predominantly dissolved in aqueous solvents. But these often present processing difficulties and a host of other unattractive features including poor mechanical and chemical stabilities. Mesophase properties of chromonic liquid crystals as characterized using X-ray diffraction and scattering techniques, spectroscopy and light microscopy are explored. We review potential applications and future perspectives of this subfield where methods of transforming chromonic molecules into functional materials are highlighted. © 2020 Society of Industrial Chemistry

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溶致发色液晶功能材料的研究进展

溶致发色液晶的研究从基础研究发展到设计用于生物领域和其他技术领域的功能材料。大多数研究集中在利用主要溶解在水性溶剂中的发色小分子。但这些通常存在加工困难和许多其他不吸引人的特征，包括机械和化学稳定性差。研究了使用 X 射线衍射和散射技术、光谱学和光学显微镜表征的发色液晶的中间相特性。我们回顾了该子领域的潜在应用和未来前景，其中重点介绍了将发色分子转化为功能材料的方法。© 2020 工业化学学会