Confocal microscopy study of texture transitions in a polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3443-3446

  Held, G A ^a   Kosbar, L L ^a   Dierking, I ^a   Lowe, A C ^a   Grinstein, G ^a   Lee, V ^b   Miller, R D ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STABILITY; TEXTURES;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER STABILIZED CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; TEXTURE TRANSITIONS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 5844260982     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3443     Document Type: Article

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