Carbon nanotube-induced macroscopic helical twist in an achiral nematic liquid crystal

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Basu, Rajratan ^a   Chen, Chia Ling ^a   Rosenblatt, Charles ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DISCLINATION LINES; HELICAL TWIST; HELICAL TWISTING POWER; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MACROSCOPIC DIMENSIONS; NANOTUBE CONCENTRATION; PITCH LENGTH; RADII OF CURVATURE; REVERSE TWIST; SPATIAL CONCENTRATION; TWIST CELLS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 79955718702     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3576101     Document Type: Article

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