Blue phases come of age: A review

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7232, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kitzerow, Heinz Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirality; Electro optic effects; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

BLUE PHASE; BLUE PHASIS; BRAGG SCATTERINGS; CRYSTAL SHAPES; ELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECTS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; SPHERICAL DROPLETS; TEMPERATURE INTERVALS; TEMPERATURE RANGES;

CHIRALITY; CRYSTALS; DROP FORMATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ENANTIOMERS; LIGHT SOURCES; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 63449111873     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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