Director configuration of liquid-crystal droplets encapsulated by polyelectrolytes

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 7025-7028

  Zou, Jianhua ^a   Fang, Jiyu ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BREAK-UP; CYANOBIPHENYLS; DIRECTOR CONFIGURATION; GLASS SLIDES; INTERFACE CONDITIONS; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLETS; POLY(STYRENE SULFONIC ACID); RADIAL CONFIGURATION; SIZE RANGES; SIZE REDUCTIONS; SPACE CONFINEMENT; SUBMICROMETERS;

DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; LIQUIDS; PARALLEL FLOW; POLYELECTROLYTES; SODIUM;

PHASE INTERFACES;

4 CYANO 4' PENTYLBIPHENYL; 4-CYANO-4'-PENTYLBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ELECTROLYTE; NITRILE; POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYTES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NITRILES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 77952393658     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la904257j     Document Type: Article

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