Nonphotochemical laser-induced nucleation of nematic phase and alignment of nematic director from a supercooled thermotropic liquid crystal

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sun, Xiaoying ^a   Garetz, Bruce A ^a   Moreira, Michele F ^b   Palffy Muhoray, Peter ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; COOLING; LASERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NUCLEATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SUPERCOOLING; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CYANOBIPHENYL; ISOTROPIC PHASE; LASER-INDUCED; LASER-INDUCED NUCLEATIONS; LASER-INDUCED PHASE TRANSITIONS; LIGHT INTENSITIES; LIGHT PULSE; LINEARLY POLARIZED; NEMATIC DIRECTORS; NEMATIC PHASE; SLOW COOLING;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 60949092046     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.021701     Document Type: Article

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