Assembly and control of 3D nematic dipolar colloidal crystals

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nych, A ^a,b   Ognysta, U ^a,b   Skarabot M ^a,c   Ravnik, M ^a,c   Zumer S ^a,c   Musevic I ^a,c  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANISOTROPY; COLLOID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESIGN; SYMMETRY; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL NEMATIC COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL;

EID: 84874611793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2486     Document Type: Article

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