A macroscopically oriented lyotropic chromonic liquid crystalline nanofiber mat embedding self-assembled Sunset-Yellow FCF nanocolumns

A macroscopically oriented anisotropic nanofiber mat embedding self-assembled Sunset-Yellow FCF nanocolumns was fabricated by the electrospinning technique. From the 2D WAXD and polarized FTIR results, it was realized that the nanocolumns were aligned parallel to the long axis of the nanofiber.