Three-dimensional structure and multistable optical switching of triple-twisted particle-like excitations in anisotropic fluids

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-145

  Smalyukh, Ivan I ^a   Lansac, Yves ^a,b   Clark, Noel A ^a   Trivedi, Rahul P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DISPLAY DEVICES; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID LASERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; SWITCHING;

BEAM STEERING DEVICES; CONTROL OF STRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL BIOSENSORS; MULTISTABLE SWITCHING; POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); WELL-DEFINED STRUCTURES;

ANISOTROPIC FLUIDS;

GLASS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; LASER; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LIQUID CRYSTAL; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; GLASS; LASERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OPTICAL PROCESSES; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 75749147529     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2592     Document Type: Article

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