Optical properties of high-performance liquid crystal-xerogel microcomposite electro-optical film

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1257-1264

  Timusk, Martin ^a,b   Järvekülg, Martin ^a,b   Salundi, Aigi ^a,b   Lõhmus, Rünno ^a,b   Leinberg, Silver ^a,b   Kink, Ilmar ^a,b   Saal, Kristjan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Nanotechnology Competence Center   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Optical properties; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE FILMS; MICRO DROPLETS; MICROCOMPOSITE; NEAR-IR; SEPARATION METHODS; SILICON ALKOXIDES; SPECTRAL RANGE; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; TITANIUM ALKOXIDES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED; XEROGEL MATRIX;

COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FILM PREPARATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE SEPARATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM; XEROGELS;

SOL-GELS;

EID: 84862011187     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.81     Document Type: Article

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