Durable micropatterns obtained from dissipative structures in liquid crystals

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 691-694

  Mießen, Nicole ^a   Strauß, Jochen ^a   Hoischen, Andreas ^a   Kürschner, Kathrin ^b   Kitzerow, Heinz Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamic instability; Irreversible thermodynamics; Liquid crystals; Polymerization; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; THIN FILMS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

DISSIPATIVE STRUCTURE; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS; MICROPATTERNS; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; CROSSLINKED LIQUIDS; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LIQUIDS; OPTICAL PHASE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0042136641     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20011119)2:11<691::AID-CPHC691>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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