Measurement of viscosity of lyotropic liquid crystals by means of rotating laser-trapped microparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 25134-25143

  Liu, Qingkun ^a,b   Asavei, Theodor ^c,d   Lee, Taewoo ^a   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^c   He, Sailing ^b,e   Smalyukh, Ivan I ^a,f  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC FLUIDS; ANISOTROPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASERS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; LAMELLAR PHASIS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICRO PARTICLES; OPTICAL TORQUE; VISCOSITY COEFFICIENT;

FLUIDS;

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; ROTATION; VISCOSITY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSPHERES; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; ROTATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 82955226191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.025134     Document Type: Article

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