Janus Nematic Colloids driven by light

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 500-506

  Conradi, M ^a   Zorko, M ^b   Musevic I ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF METALS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DIRECTOR-FIELD CONFIGURATION; EQUILIBRIUM ORIENTATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HOMEOTROPIC; JANUS PARTICLES; LASER POWER; LASER TWEEZERS; LIGHT DRIVEN; NEMATIC COLLOIDS; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; RING CONFIGURATION;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY;

4 CYANO 4' PENTYLBIPHENYL; 4-CYANO-4'-PENTYLBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; CONFORMATION; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NITRILES; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 75249104476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000500     Document Type: Article

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