Chiral graded structures in biological plywoods and in the beetle cuticle

Colloids and Interface Science Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-22

  Aguilar Gutierrez, Oscar F ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beetle cuticle; Biological chiral liquid crystals; Chirality gradients; Helicoidal plywoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927734919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22150382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colcom.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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