Travelling colourful patterns in self-organized cellulose-based liquid crystalline structures
Cellulose is a naturally occurring system of interest for its chiral macromolecular structure. Here, colourful structural patterns are observed in a cellulose-based lyotropic cholesteric system, attributed to conformational self-adjustment of the cellulose chain to its environment.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-07-01
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Series: | Communications Materials |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00182-7 |