Direct measurement of interaction forces between islands on freely suspended smectic C films using multiple optical tweezers

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 344, Issue , 2006, Pages 71-80

  Pattanaporkratana, A ^a   Park, C S ^a   MacLennan, J E ^a   Clark, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactions; Liquid crystals; Optical tweezers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; CHIRALITY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

INTERACTION FORCES; MULTIPLE OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SMECTIC FILMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 38849093764     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190600966862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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