Light shutters from nanocrystalline cellulose rods in a nematic liquid crystal

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 769-773

  Geng, Yong ^a   Brogueira, Pedro ^c   Figueirinhas, João Luis ^c   Godinho, Maria Helena ^a   Almeida, Pedro Lúcio ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

electro optical; light shutters; liquid crystals; nanocrystals; nanowhiskers; PDLC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877793221     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2013.783137     Document Type: Article

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