Electro-induced orientational ordering of anisotropic pigment nanoparticles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1988, 2013, Pages

  Greasty, Robert J ^a   Richardson, Robert M ^a   Klein, Susanne ^b   Cherns, David ^a   Thomas, Michael R ^a   Pizzey, Claire ^c   Terrill, Nick ^c   Rochas, Cyrille ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropic pigment nanoparticles; Colloids; Electric field alignment; Liquid crystals; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; SCATTERING; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS;

CROSSED POLARIZERS; DISPLAY APPLICATION; DODECANE; ELECTRIC FIELD ALIGNMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTROOPTICAL RESPONSE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INTRINSIC SHAPE; LIQUID CRYSTAL HOST; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MESOGENICS; NEMATIC HOSTS; NEMATIC PHASE; NEMATIC PHASIS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; PIGMENT PARTICLES; POLYMERIC STABILIZERS; REFLECTIVE DISPLAY; SCHLIEREN TEXTURES; STRUCTURE FACTORS; TRANSITION DIPOLE; X-RAY SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84874679477     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0257     Document Type: Article

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