Claims
- 1. A self-assembled composition comprising:
a guest species; and self-assembling molecules, said self-assembling molecules forming a self-assembled structure having an elongated structure.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the self assembling molecule is a dendron rod coil.
- 3. The composition of claim 1 wherein the self assembled structure is a ribbon.
- 4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the self assembled structure forms a gel that is birefringent.
- 5. The composition of claim 1 wherein the guest species is luminescent.
- 6. The composition of claim 1 wherein said guest species is distributed within said self assembled structure.
- 7. The composition of claim 1 wherein an axis of said guest species and an axis of said self assembled structure are aligned with one another.
- 8. The composition of claim 1 wherein the guest species is ZnO.
- 9. The composition of claim 1 further comprising an organic solvent.
- 10. A method of dispersing guest species in a gel comprised of:
self-assembling molecules into said gel to thereby disperse said guest species within said gel.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein said self assembling molecules form nanoribbons.
- 12. The method of claim 10 wherein said gel is birefringent.
- 13. The method of claim 10 wherein the self assembling molecules are dendron rodcoils.
- 14. The method of claim 10 wherein the guest species is luminescent.
- 15. A method for orienting a guest species in gel comprising:
applying an electric field to a combination of self assembling molecules and guest species.
- 16. The method of claim 15 wherein the self assembling molecules form one dimensional structures.
- 17. The method of claim 15 wherein the guest species are dispersed within said gel.
- 18. The method of claim 15 wherein a solvent is removed from the combination of self assembling molecules and guest species by the application of said electric field.
- 19. A lasing medium comprising:
a luminescent guest species dispersed in a gel, said gel formed by self assembled molecules.
- 20. The lasing medium of claim 19 wherein the guest species includes ZnO.
- 21. The lasing medium of claim 19 wherein the self assembled molecules include dendron rodcoils.
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/397,800 filed Jul. 23, 2002 the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
GOVERNMENT INTERESTS
[0002] The United States Government may have certain rights to this invention pursuant to work funded thereby at Northwestern University under grants from the Department of Energy Grant No. DE-FG02-00ER45810/A001 and the Army Research Office Grant No. DAAG55-97-1-0126.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60397800 |
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