Optical detection of organic vapors using cholesteric liquid crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Chang, Chin Kai ^a   Kuo, Hui Lung ^a   Tang, Kea Tiong ^b   Chiu, Shih Wen ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICAL STRUCTURES; OPTICAL DETECTION; ORGANIC VAPORS; RED-SHIFTED; REFLECTED COLORS; REFLECTION SPECTRA; TOLUENE VAPORS;

ACETONE; COLOR; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR POLARITY; TOLUENE; VAPORS;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 80052082749     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3627162     Document Type: Article

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