Switching of electrically responsive, light-sensitive colloidal suspensions of anisotropic pigment particles

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 556-564

  Eremin, Alexey ^a   Stannarius, Ralf ^a   Klein, Susanne ^b   Heuer, Jana ^b   Richardson, Robert M ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birefringent particles; colloidal suspensions; electro optical materials; liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; BIREFRINGENT PARTICLES; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; DRIVING FREQUENCIES; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; HOMEOTROPIC; ILLUMINATION LIGHT; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NON-POLAR SOLVENTS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL SWITCHING; ORIENTATIONAL TRANSITIONS; PATTERN FORMATION; PIGMENT PARTICLES; ROD-SHAPED; SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 79551654700     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201001573     Document Type: Article

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