Photochemical transformation of topological defects formed around colloidal droplets dispersed in azobenzene-containing liquid crystals

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 334, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 155-159

  Yamamoto, Takahiro ^a,b   Tabe, Yuka ^b,c   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Liquid crystal emulsion; Surface anchoring

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTALS; DEFECT STRUCTURES; DEFECTS; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; TOPOLOGY;

ALKYL CHAINS; ANCHORING STRENGTHS; AZOBENZENE COMPOUNDS; CARBON NUMBERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; CIS-TRANS PHOTOISOMERIZATION; COLLOIDAL DROPLETS; HOMEOTROPIC ANCHORING; INITIAL STATES; INITIAL STRUCTURES; INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURES; IONIC GROUPS; MOLECULAR AREAS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SWITCHING; PHOTOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SATURN RINGS; SURFACE ANCHORING; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS; ULTRA VIOLETS; WATER DROPLETS;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

ALKYL GROUP; AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; CONFORMATION; DISPERSION; EMULSION; HEDGEHOG; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 57649213848     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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