Optically anisotropic colloids of controllable shape

Advanced Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 680-684

  Fernández Nieves, Alberto ^a,d   Cristobal, Galder ^a,e   Garcés Chávez, Veneranda ^b   Spalding, Gabriel C ^c   Dholakia, Kishan ^b   Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^e Rhodia Europe   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLVENTS;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL PHASE; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NONPOLAR SOLVENTS; OPTICALLY ANISOTROPY COLLOIDS;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 15744375376     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200401462     Document Type: Article

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