Liquid crystal assemblies in biologically inspired systems

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1748-1758

  Safinya, Cyrus R ^a   Deek, Joanna ^a,b   Beck, Roy ^a,c   Jones, Jayna B ^a   Leal, Cecilia ^a,d   Ewert, Kai K ^a   Li, Youli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; gyroid cubic phases; hexagonal liquid crystals; lamellar liquid crystals; lipids; nematic hydrogels; neurofilaments; RNA; small angle X ray scattering (SAXS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890546395     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2013.846422     Document Type: Article

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