A microstructure for the detection of vapor-phase analytes based on orientational transitions of liquid crystals

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Sridharamurthy, S S ^a,b   Cadwell, K D ^a   Abbott, N L ^a,c   Jiang, H ^a,c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b IntelliSense   (United States)

^c 3115 Engineering Centers Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROSYSTEMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

COLORIMETRIC DETECTION; MICROPILLARS; ORIENTATIONAL TRANSITIONS; TOXIC GAS DETECTION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41849144799     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/17/01/012001     Document Type: Article

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