Nematic liquid crystals embedded in cubic microlattices: Memory effects and bistable pixels

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 3990-3994

  Serra, Francesca ^a   Eaton, Shane Michael ^b   Cerbino, Roberto ^a   Buscaglia, Marco ^a   Cerullo, Giulio ^b   Osellame, Roberto ^b   Bellini, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

composite materials; liquid crystals; materials with memory; microstructures; porous materials

Indexed keywords

CONFINEMENT OF LIQUID CRYSTALS; CROSSED POLARIZERS; ELECTRIC FIELD ALIGNMENT; MATERIALS WITH MEMORY; POROUS STRUCTURES; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT; TWO PHOTON POLYMERIZATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROMETERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTONS; PIXELS; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TOPOLOGY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84882708863     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201203792     Document Type: Article

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