Nanoparticle-promoted thermal stabilization of room temperature cholesteric blue phase mixtures

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 431, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 154-163

  Sharma, A ^a,c   Worden, M ^a,c   Hegmann, T ^a,b,c  

^a Liquid Crystal Institute   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blue phase; Defects; Doping; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; BLUE PHASE; BLUE PHASIS; CAPPING AGENT; COLLOIDAL MIXTURES; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; CORE DIAMETERS; CORE MATERIAL; CORE SIZE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURES; METAL OXIDES; OLEYLAMINE-CAPPED; OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE REFLECTION; THERMAL STABILIZATION; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

COREMAKING; DEFECTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FERROELECTRICITY; GOLD; HEXANE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; NANOPARTICLES; OLEIC ACID; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STABILIZATION;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84867845374     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150193.2012.684980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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