Modeling textural processes during self-assembly of plant-based chiral-nematic liquid crystals

Polymers

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 766-785

  Murugesan, Yogesh K ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological liquid crystalline polymers; Chiral nematic liquid crystalline self assembly; Helicoidal plywoods

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL LIQUIDS; CHIRAL NEMATICS; DEFECT PATTERNS; DEFECT TEXTURES; DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY; FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS; HELICOIDAL PLYWOODS; LANDAU-DE GENNES THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASE; NATURAL MATERIALS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; PLANT CELL WALL; PLANT CELLS; SECONDARY PHASIS; TESTING GROUNDS; TISSUE GROWTH; VISCO-ELASTIC MATERIAL;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; DEFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL POLYMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLYWOOD; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TEXTURES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WOOD PRODUCTS;

LIQUIDS;

CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CRYSTALLITES; DEFECTS; LIQUIDS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLY WOOD; POLYMERS; TEXTURE; WALLS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 79952846856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym2040766     Document Type: Article

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