A new era for liquid crystal research: Applications of liquid crystals in soft matter nano-, bio- and microtechnology

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1387-1412

  Lagerwall, Jan P F ^a   Scalia, Giusy ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomembranes; Colloids; Composites; Liquid crystal; Lyotropic; Nanotechnology; Soft matter; Thermotropic

Indexed keywords

BIOMEMBRANES; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DISPERSE PHASE; FOOD SCIENCE; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL RESEARCH; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE STATE; LONG RANGE ORDERS; LYOTROPICS; MICROPARTICLE DISPERSION; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOTEMPLATING; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; POLYMER FIBER; RESEARCH FIELDS; SOFT CONDENSED MATTERS; SOFT MATTER; THERMOTROPIC;

COLLOIDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; INNOVATION; METAMATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; RESEARCH;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84863980918     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2012.03.019     Document Type: Review

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