Self-assembly of colloid-cholesteric composites provides a possible route to switchable optical materials

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Stratford, K ^a   Henrich, O ^a   Lintuvuori, J S ^a   Cates, M E ^a   Marenduzzo, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL; DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECTACLES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84902792286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4954     Document Type: Article

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