Exfoliated platelets of graphene oxide (GO) can be considered as polydisperse 2D colloids
that form nematic colloidal liquid crystal phases in aqueous suspension even at very low …

Aqueous suspensions of nanosheets are readily obtained by exfoliating low-dimensional
mineral compounds like H3Sb3P2O14. The nanosheets self-organize, at low concentration …

The ability to control the dynamics of self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles over
multiple length scales by application of external fields is an important technological and …

An inverted phase coexistence, where an ordered phase appears on top of a disordered
phase, has been observed in polydisperse colloidal suspensions. Herein, we studied the …

The dynamics of sedimentation in a binary mixture of colloidal platelets–spheres is studied
theoretically using the minimal energy model. Revisiting a sedimenting mixture of platelets …

When a suspension of platelet-like particles sediment in a closed container, the particles
undergo isotropic–nematic phase transition (I–N transition), and there appears a clear …

Colloidal platelets are encountered in a wide range of systems in nature and technology.
Examples are hydroxides, smectiteclays and exfoliated inorganic nanosheets. Suspensions …

Abstract α-zirconium phosphate (α-ZrP) crystals with high-crystallinity were synthesized via
hydrothermal method and exfoliated with tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAOH) in …

This chapter introduced the history of inorganic liquid crystals, and impact of gravity on
phase transition was also discussed in detail. Inorganic liquid crystals are found to have …

Einstein's seminal work on Brownian motion and Perrin's subsequent experiments showed
that colloidal particles in colloidal dispersions obey the same statistical thermodynamics as …