Stable liquid crystalline phases of colloidally dispersed exfoliated layered niobatesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: XRD patterns of the samples. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b309628a/

Abstract

Colloidally dispersed niobium oxide nanosheets obtained by exfoliation of layered niobates HNb(3)O(8) and HTiNbO(5) formed stable liquid crystalline phases; their liquid crystallinity was dependent on the niobate species exfoliated.