Quantum dot self-assembly in liquid crystal media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7618, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hirst, Linda S ^a   Kirchhoff, Jennifer ^a,b   Inman, Richard ^a   Ghosh, Sayantani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Florida State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesteric; Directed assembly; Liquid crystal; Microscopy; Nanoparticle aggregation; Nematic; Quantum dot; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC; DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIA; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASIS; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATION; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; PARTICLE SURFACE; PATTERN FORMATION; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; QUANTUM DOT;

DISPERSIONS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 77951714383     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.848195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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