Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. 2010. V. 13, N 2. P. 158-160.
https://doi.org/10.15407/spqeo13.02.158

Optical properties of nematic liquid crystals doped with gold nanorods
S. Torgova1, E. Pozhidaev1, A. Lobanov1, M. Minchenko1 and B. Khlebtsov2

1P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prospect, 53, Moscow 119991, Russia;
2Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, prospect Entuziastov, 13, Saratov 410049, Russia; Phone: +7 (499) 13264591, +7 (499) 132611611; E-mail: sofia.torgova@mail.ru1; epozhidaev@mail.ru1; lobanov@sci.lebedev.ru1; mminchenko@mail.ru1; khlebtsov@ibppm.sgu.ru2

Abstract. Composites consisting of nematic liquid crystal (5-CB) and gold nanorods have been elaborated and investigated with a polarizing microscope. It was detected that the nanorods form inside the oriented liquid crystal matrix their own self-assembling well-ordered structures. Nanorods ordered structures appear as a result of aligning layers action and provides defects corresponding to the spatial distortion of the nematic liquid crystal director field.

Keywords: liquid crystal, gold nanorod, self-assembling structures.

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