Inkjet printing and release of monodisperse liquid crystal droplets from solid surfaces

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 14540-14546

  Aliño, Vera Joanne ^a   Tay, Kun Xiang ^a   Khan, Saif A ^a   Yang, Kun Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSING; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLETS; MONODISPERSE; OPTICAL TEXTURE; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SOLID SURFACE; SURFACE WETTABILITY; TWO STEP METHOD;

FLOW RATE; INK JET PRINTING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SOLUTIONS;

DROPS;

INK;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINTING; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY;

INK; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84867525366     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3028463     Document Type: Article

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