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US 12,625,134 B2Granted
Complex liquid crystal droplets
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsTimothy Manning Swager, Cassandra Zentner, Alberto Concellon Allueva
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Abstract
Articles (e.g., a colloid) and methods for providing complex colloids comprising a hydrocarbon phase (e.g., a hydrocarbon phase comprising a liquid crystal) and a fluorocarbon phase are generally described. In some embodiments, the hydrocarbon phase and the fluorocarbon phase are distinct.
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An article, comprising:
- an aqueous phase;
- a mesogenic surfactant;
- a droplet, wherein the droplet comprises a hydrocarbon phase, second phase immiscible with the hydrocarbon phase such that an interface is formed between the hydrocarbon phase and the second phase,
- wherein the article comprises a second interface formed between the hydrocarbon phase and the aqueous phase, wherein the hydrocarbon phase comprises a liquid crystal, and
- wherein the mesogenic surfactant anchors the liquid crystal to the second interface thereby directing orientation of the molecules of the liquid crystal within the droplet.
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An article, comprising:
- an aqueous phase;
- a nonionic surfactant;
- a droplet, wherein the droplet comprises a hydrocarbon phase, second phase immiscible with the hydrocarbon phase such that an interface is formed between the hydrocarbon phase and the second phase,
- wherein the article comprises a second interface formed between the hydrocarbon phase and the aqueous phase, wherein the hydrocarbon phase comprises a liquid crystal, and
- wherein the nonionic surfactant anchors the liquid crystal to the second interface thereby directing orientation of the molecules of the liquid crystal within the droplet, and wherein the nonionic surfactant comprises Formula (I):
- wherein
- designates connection from an intervening chemical species.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.