Optical characterization of a nanoscale incommensurate pitch in a new liquid-crystal phase

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Cady, A ^a   Han, X F ^a   Olson, D A ^a   Orihara, H ^b   Huang, C C ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM NEON LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

HELICAL PITCH;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0142188666     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.125502     Document Type: Article

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