http://ecru.scout.wisc.edu// Recent updates related to UW NSEC Thrust Three Highlights http://ecru.scout.wisc.edu//images/uw_nsec_rss_header.gif http://ecru.scout.wisc.edu// 200 69 UW NSEC RSS Header en-us nealey@engr.wisc.edu (Paul Nealy) nealey@engr.wisc.edu (Paul Nealy) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:03:11 -0600 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 http://ecru.scout.wisc.edu//NS--Nugget.php?ID=50 <table align="right" style="width: 473px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr> <td><img class="imagebox" src="UploadedPics/NS--liquid crystal.jpg" alt="" /></td> </tr><tr> <td><p><em>Figure 1: A) x-y projection of the trace of a functionalized gold nanoparticle suspended in 5CB determined by particle tracking and dark-field microscopy, and B) corresponding displacemetn distribution extracted from that trace. C) Representative configurations from simulations of nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystal for parallel anchoring (top) and homeotropic anchirong (bottom). D) Trace of nanoparticle from MD simulations of system shown in C) (units of particle diameter).</em></p></td></tr></table>Nicholas Abbot, Juan de PabloA central property of a nanoparticle suspended in an isotropic solvent is its diffusion coefficient, which has traditionally been used to estimate the particle diameter or, when the diameter is known, to estimate the solvent’s viscosity. The situation is more complex when the nanoparticle is suspended in a nematic liquid crystal. Experimental data for diffusion coefficients in such systems are not available, and it is unclear whether the so-called.... Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:57:02 -0500