Surface potential measurements of Langmuir films of azo dye/liquid crystal mixtures

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-114

  Inglot, Krzysztof ^a   Martyński, Tomasz ^a   Bauman, Danuta ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Azo dye; BAM image; Langmuir film; Liquid crystal; Surface potential; Surface pressure

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POWDERS; SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AZO DYE; BAM IMAGE; LANGMUIR FILM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; SURFACE PRESSURE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

AZO DYE; FILM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MORPHOLOGY; PRESSURE;

EID: 51249093039     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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