Reconfigurable liquid crystal droplets using a dielectric force

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Ren, Hongwen ^a   Lee, Seung Hee ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FORCES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HIGH VOLTAGE; LIQUID POLYMERS; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLETS; PLANAR LAYERS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; SHAPE CHANGE; SUBSTRATE SURFACE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC DEVICES;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 77952803734     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3275795     Document Type: Article

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