Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Abstract

• Molecular self-assembly in the formation of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) offers potential for generating novel materials and biomedical applications, because of their similarity to DNA liquid crystals. In order to better understand the phase behavior of LCLCs, we investigated the mixture of two LCLCs (Sunset Yellow FCF (SSY) and disodium cromoglycate (DSCG)). Properties of interest include orientational and positional order as well as the potential dependence of LC phases on concentration and temperature. These mixtures exhibited nematic and columnar phases.

Creator

• Yamaguchi, Akihiro

Date Awarded

• 2015-01-01

Academic Affiliation

• Physics

Advisor

• Clark, Noel A.

Granting Institution

• University of Colorado Boulder

Subject

• self-assembly
• disodium cromoglycate (DSCG)
• lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs)
• Liquid crystals (LCs)
• orientational template effect
• Sunset Yellow FCF (SSY)

Last Modified

• 2019-12-02

Resource Type

• Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Rights Statement

• In Copyright

Language

• English [eng]

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• Arts and Sciences Honors Program

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