Nanostructured free surfaces in plant-based plywoods driven by chiral capillarity

Colloids and Interface Science Communications

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-26

  Rofouie, P ^a   Pasini, D ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anchoring energy; Anisotropic surface tension; Capillary pressure; Chiral liquid crystals; Diffraction grating; Helicoidal plywoods; Liquid crystal shape equation; Nano structured free surfaces; Plant cell wall; Structural color

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909589124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22150382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colcom.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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