Direct measurement of the twist penetration length in a single smectic a layer of colloidal virus particles

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3910-3913

  Barry, Edward ^a   Dogic, Zvonimir ^a   Meyer, Robert B ^a   Pelcovits, Robert A ^b   Oldenbourg, Rudolf ^b,c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; VIRUSES;

DEPLETION INTERACTIONS; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; MOLECULAR TILTS; PENETRATION LENGTHS; PENETRATION PROFILES; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; SMECTIC A PHASE; SMECTIC LAYERS; SMECTIC-A; SPATIAL DEPENDENCES;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 65249187838     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp8067377     Document Type: Article

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