Using patterned carbon nanotube films with optical anisotropy to tune the diffracted color from flexible substrates

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1410-1417

  Hsieh, K C ^a   Tsai, T Y ^b   Wan, D H ^a   Chen, H L ^a   Tai, N H ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; CNT FILMS; CONCAVE BENDING; DIFFRACTED LIGHT; DIFFRACTION INTENSITY; DIFFRACTION PHENOMENON; DYNAMIC MODULATION; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; INCIDENT ANGLES; OPTICAL THIN FILMS; POLARIZED LIGHT; TE-POLARIZED LIGHT; TRANSVERSE ELECTRICS; TRANSVERSE-MAGNETIC POLARIZED LIGHTS;

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COLOR FILMS; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 75749157667     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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