Nematic Nanotube Gels

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Islam, M F ^a   Alsayed, A M ^a   Dogic, Z ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Lubensky, T C ^a   Yodh, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; BUCKLING; CARBON NANOTUBES; GELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DISCLINATION; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 4344591811     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.088303     Document Type: Article

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