Figure 9.

Schematic drawing of the arrangement of nanoparticles in the columnar phase, as viewed from above (top left) and from the side (bottom). The rearrangement of the ligands about the gold NP to form a cylinder is shown (top right). The smectic structure for Au@C₁₀/7_9,9 (bottom right) can be obtained from the columnar phase for Au@C₁₀/7_4,4 and Au@C₁₀/7_1,6 (bottom left) through movement of the particles from the intermediate layer along the column axis and decoupling of the layers. Reprinted with permission from [63]. Copyright 2009 Wiley-VCH Publishers.