Patent ID: 11891558
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 13:
14. The composite of claim 1, wherein the mesogenic ligand-functionalized nanoparticles each comprise mesogenic ligands each having a structure of formula (II):, , wherein:
R1 are each independently selected H, halogen, hydroxyl, azido, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, amino, and substituted amino;
R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, hydroxyl, azido, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, amino, substituted amino, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, phosphate, substituted phosphate, phosphoryl, substituted phosphoryl, thiol and substituted thiol and combinations thereof;
X is an amine or a thiol group;
n is an integer from 1 to 4; and
m is an integer from 1 to 14.