Chirality-induced liquid-crystalline nano-structures and their properties

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5518, Issue , 2004, Pages 201-210

  Nishiyama, Isa ^a   Yamamoto, Jun ^a   Goodby, John W ^b   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D structure; Antiferroelectric; Chirality; Helical structure; Liquid crystal; Smectic Q; Twist grain boundary

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; DEFECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SUPERLATTICES; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

3 DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; HELICAL STRUCTURE; SMECTIC Q; TWIST GRAIN BOUNDARY (TGB);

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 13244281579     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.563060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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