Fluorescence confocal polarizing microscopy: Imaging liquid crystal director fields in three dimensions

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 663-664

  Dierking, Ingo ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Confocal microscopy; Liquid crystals; Soft matter

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ANISOTROPIC FLUIDS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

3D IMAGING; DIRECTOR FIELDS; FLUORESCENCE CONFOCAL POLARIZING MICROSCOPIES; SOFT MATTER; THREE DIMENSIONS; DIRECTOR DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CRYSTAL; POLYMERIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035915269     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20011119)2:11<663::AID-CPHC663>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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