Angular deficits in flat space: Remotely controllable apertures in nematic solid sheets

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

Volumn 469, Issue 2153, 2013, Pages

  Modes, C D ^a   Warner, M ^b   Sanchez Somolinos C ^c   De Haan, L T ^d   Broer, D ^d  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aperture; Nano sieve; Nematic glass; Opto mechanical

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

APERTURE; GROUND STATE GEOMETRY; OPTOMECHANICAL; OUT-OF-PLANE DEFORMATIONS; SPONTANEOUS STRAIN; THIN SHEET;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84877269043     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0631     Document Type: Article

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