Control of the orientation of nematic liquid crystal on iron surfaces: Application to the self-alignment of iron particles in anisotropic matrices

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 295, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 246-257

  Noel, Céline Magali ^a   Giulieri, Françoise ^a   Combarieu, Robert ^b   Bossis, Georges ^a   Chaze, Anne Marie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Grafting; Iron particle; Nematic liquid crystal; Self organization; Topological defects

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLLOIDS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); IRON COMPOUNDS; TOPOLOGY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

IRON PARTICLES; SELF-ORGANIZATION; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33846573754     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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