Electric-field-assisted acceleration of the photostimulated nematic-isotropic transition

Advanced Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1363-1367

  Prasad, S Krishna ^a   Nair, Geetha G ^a   Jayalakshmi, V ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

BLOCK FILTERS; CYANOBIPHENYL; ELECTRIC-FIELD; ELECTRODE POLARIZATIONS; GLASS CELLS; GUEST COMPOUNDS; HEXANOATE; HOST MIXTURES; ISOTROPIC TRANSITIONS; NEMATIC; NEMATIC MESOPHASE; NOVEL METHODS; PLANAR ORIENTATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SUBSTRATE SURFACES; UNDERLYING CAUSES; UV SOURCES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 54949142825     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200701393     Document Type: Article

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