Circular selective reflection of light proving cholesteric ordering in thin layers of chiral fluorene polymers

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1497-1501

  Lakhwani, Girish ^a   Meskers, Stefan C J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORENE COPOLYMERS; FLUORENE POLYMERS; POLYFLUORENES; POLYMER CHAINS; SELECTIVE REFLECTION OF LIGHT; THIN LAYERS;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; THIN FILMS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79960184737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200500a     Document Type: Article

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