Optical singularities induced in a nematic-cell by carbon nanotubes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7613, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ponevchinsky, V ^a   Goncharuk, A I ^b   Vasil'ev, V I ^a   Lebovka, N I ^b   Soskin, M S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCOLLOID CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Composites; Electrical conductivity; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Nematic liquid crystal; Optical singularities; Percolation; Singular optics

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COMPOSITES; CYANOBIPHENYLS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FRACTAL BOUNDARIES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; INHOMOGENEOUS STRUCTURE; INTERFACIAL SHELLS; ISOTROPIC LIQUID; LATERAL SURFACE; NANOTUBE CLUSTER; NEMATIC LC; OPTICAL VORTICES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PLANAR ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION SINGULARITIES; SELF AGGREGATION; SINGULAR OPTICS; SPACE RESOLUTIONS; SPECKLE FIELD; STRONG INTERACTION;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FRACTALS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLVENTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77949442374     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.840384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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