Order and dynamics inside H-PDLC nanodroplets: An ESR spin probe study

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5391-5402

  Bacchiocchi, Corrado ^a   Miglioli, Isabella ^a   Arcioni, Alberto ^a   Vecchi, Ilaria ^a   Rai, Kashma ^b   Fontecchio, Adam ^b   Zannoni, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELECTROSLAG REMELTING; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PROBES; SPIN DYNAMICS;

AVERAGE ORIENTATION; CROSS SECTION; DIRECTOR CONFIGURATION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; ISOTROPIC PHASE; LONG AXIS; MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION; MONODOMAIN; NANO-DROPLETS; NANO-SIZED; NANODROPLET; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMER LAYERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM IMAGE; SIZE AND SHAPE; SPIN PROBE; SWITCHING VOLTAGES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 66349097225     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp8105887     Document Type: Article

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