Escaped radial and planar liquid crystal orientation inside capillaries

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 553, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-132

  Chychowski, Miłosz S ^a   Ertman, Sawomir ^a   Nowinowski Kruszelnicki, Edward ^b   Woliński, Tomasz R ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

aligning materials; LC orientation; liquid crystals; photonic crystal fibers

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SILICA;

ALIGNMENT MATERIALS; HOMEOTROPIC; INNER DIAMETERS; NEMATIC LC; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 84855960081     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2011.609451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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