Cholesteric liquid crystal devices with nanoparticle aggregation

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 22572-22577

  Jeng, Shie Chang ^a   Hwang, Shug June ^b   Hung, Yu Hsiang ^b   Chen, Sheng Chieh ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; COOLING; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC COATINGS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AGGREGATION PATTERNS; BISTABLES; BROADBAND REFLECTION; BULK AND SURFACE PROPERTIES; CHOLESTERIC CELLS; CHOLESTERIC STRUCTURE; COOLING RATES; HOMEOTROPIC ALIGNMENT; MULTIDOMAIN STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATION; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; SELF-ASSEMBLED;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ESTER; HYDROGEN; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE METHACRYLATE; POLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTERS; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHACRYLATES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78049519980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.022572     Document Type: Article

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