Broadband reflective liquid crystalline gels due to the ultraviolet light screening made by the liquid crystal

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 25, 2006, Pages

  Relaix, Sabrina ^a   Bourgerette, Christian ^a   Mitov, Michel ^a  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURE GRADIENT; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SCREENING;

GELS;

EID: 33845941901     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2416251     Document Type: Article

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