Zigzag line defects and manipulation of colloids in a nematic liquid crystal in microwrinkle grooves

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ohzono, Takuya ^a   Fukuda, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; COLLOID; GEOMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; ZIGZAG LINE DEFECT;

EID: 84857727420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1709     Document Type: Article

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