Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
6595
Date
2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Physics
Concentration
Materials Science
Committee Chair
Chenhui Peng
Committee Member
Firouzeh Sabri
Committee Member
Muhammad S Jahan
Abstract
The study of controlling the moleculat self-assembly of aqueous soft matter is a fundamental scheme across multiple disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science. In this work, we use liquid-crystal polymer networks (LCNs) to control the superstrucutre of one aqueous soft material called lyotropic choromonic liquis crystals(LCLC), which shows spontanenous orientational order by stacking the plank-like molecules into elongated aggregates. We synthesize a layer of patterned LCN flims by a nematic liquid-crystal host in which the spatially varying molecular orientations are predesigned by plasmonic photopatterning. We demonstrate that the LCLC aggregates are oriented parallel to the polymer filaments of the LCN film. This pattern aqueous soft material shows immediate application for controlling the dynamics of swimming bacteria. The demonstrated control of the supramolecular assembly of aqueous soft matter by using a stimuli-responsive LCN film will find applications in designing dynamic advacned materials for bioengineering applicaitons..
Library Comment
Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.
Recommended Citation
Dhakal, Netra Prasad, "Self-Assembly of Aqueous Soft Matter Patterned by Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks for Controlling the Dynamics of Bacteria" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2102.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/2102
Comments
Data is provided by the student.