Tunable topographical cellulose matrices for electro-optical liquid crystal cells

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-303

  Costa, I ^c,e   Almeida, P L ^a,c   Filip, D ^c   Figueirinhas, J L ^d,e   Godinho, M H ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^e Centro de Fisica da Materia Condensada   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acetoxypropylcellulose; Electro optical properties; Liquid crystals; PDLC

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FILM PREPARATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLS; TEXTURES; THIN FILMS;

ACETOXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; CROSS-LINKED FILMS; ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; LYOTROPIC SOLUTIONS; PDLC; PREPARATION CONDITIONS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 33845585337     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-006-0040-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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