Interface Induced Anisotropy and nematic glass/gel state in Jammed Aqueous Laponite Suspensions

A. Shahin, Yogesh M Joshi, S. Anantha Ramakrishna

Aqueous suspensions of Laponite, a system composed of disk-like nanoparticles, are found to develop optical birefringence over several days, well after the suspensions solidified d…