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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Torsten Hegmann, Winnipeg, CA;
Vanessa M. Marx, Halifax, CA;
Inventors:
Torsten Hegmann, Winnipeg, CA;
Vanessa M. Marx, Halifax, CA;
Assignee:
Ridout & Maybee LLP, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 19/20 (2006.01); C07C 321/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Novel thiol-terminated bent-core liquid crystals (LCs) are used to decorate gold nanoparticles. Thioacetate or xanthate/xanthogenate functional groups are used to effect the attachment of the LCs to the gold nanoparticles. Such bent-core decorated nanoparticles may be dissolved in bent-core liquid crystal host media to provide polarizable systems which respond quickly to applied electric fields and exhibit other interesting and useful optical and electro-optic behaviour.