“…The alignment of nanostructures is of increasing research interest and importance to applications as ordered nanostructures will provide unprecedented benefits in tissue engineering [1,2], drug delivery [3,4], gas permeation [5], and water purification [6,7]. Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) can self-assemble and form unique continuous hexagonal nanostructures that can be used as templates to synthesize organic [8,9] and inorganic [8,10] nanomaterials of distinctive properties. Although this process is a promising route for the fabrication of large quantities of low cost nano-structured and ultra-thin materials, the lack of long-range order in the template structure prevents the formation of highly anisotropic hexagonal structures.…”