Effective medium theory of light scattering in polymer dispersed liquid crystal films

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1611-1625

  Cox, S J ^a   Reshetnyak, V Yu ^a,b   Sluckin, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FILMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

RAYLEIGH-GANS APPROXIMATION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0032114769     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/31/14/002     Document Type: Article

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