Patterned silver nanoparticles embedded in a nanoporous smectic liquid crystalline polymer network.

A nanoporous smectic liquid crystalline polymer network has been exploited to fabricate photo patternable organic-inorganic hybrid materials, wherein, the nanoporous channels control the diameter and orientational order of the silver nanoparticles.

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