High photorefractive gain in nematic liquid crystals doped with electron donor and acceptor molecules

Science

Volumn 270, Issue 5243, 1995, Pages 1794-1797

  Wiederrecht, Gary P ^a   Yoon, Beth A ^b   Wasielewski, Michael R ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; IONS; MOLECULES;

ELECTRON ACCEPTOR MOLECULE; ELECTRON DONOR MOLECULE; ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTION; HIGH PHOTOREFRACTIVE GAIN; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COMPOSITE MATERIAL;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0029513691     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5243.1794     Document Type: Article

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