Recent advances in the design of polymerizable lyotropic liquid-crystal assemblies for heterogeneous catalysis and selective separations

Organic lyotropic liquid-crystal (LLC) assemblies mimic molecular sieves in their nanoporous structures and their ability to incorporate catalytic functional groups. This article focuses on recent advances made by our research group in incorporating new catalytic properties into polymerizable LLC assemblies and studying the molecular-transport properties of the crosslinked networks.