Nematic colloids, topology and photonics

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

Volumn 371, Issue 1988, 2013, Pages

  Musevic I ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Photonics; Topology

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONICS;

COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; LIQUID CRYSTALS (LCS); MICRO RESONATORS; MICROPHOTONIC DEVICES; NEMATIC COLLOIDS; NEMATICS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; RECENT PROGRESS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84874721717     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0266     Document Type: Article

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