Liquid crystal alignment on a chiral surface: Interfacial interaction with sheared DNA films

Langmuir

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 10390-10394

  Nakata, M ^a   Zanchetta, G ^b   Buscaglia, M ^b   Bellini, T ^b   Clark, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL SURFACES; DNA FILMS; DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA; INTERFACIAL INTERACTIONS; INTERFACIAL STRUCTURES; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENTS; MEAN ORIENTATION; SMECTIC-A PHASES;

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA; GENES; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTORESISTS; POWDERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

DNA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANISOTROPY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 52649164080     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la800639x     Document Type: Article

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