Liquid crystal beads constrained on thin cellulosic fibers: Electric field induced microrotors and N-I transition

Soft Matter

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3634-3640

  Geng, Yong ^a   Almeida, Pedro L ^a,b   Figueirinhas, João L ^c   Terentjev, Eugene M ^d   Godinho, Maria H ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC ELECTRIC FIELD; AIR INTERFACE; APPLIED VOLTAGES; CELLULOSIC FIBERS; DEFECT EVOLUTION; DISCLINATION LINES; DISCLINATION RINGS; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FIBER SURFACE; HEATING PROCESS; LIQUID CRYSTAL GEOMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL SYSTEMS; MICROROTORS; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC TRANSITION; NON-TRIVIAL; RING DEFECTS; ROTATION SPEED; SOLITON-LIKE; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; THREE DIMENSIONS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT; TOROIDAL TOPOLOGY;

DROPS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROELECTRONICS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POINT DEFECTS; SOLITONS; TOPOLOGY;

FIBERS;

EID: 84858022023     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm06602e     Document Type: Article

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