Accurate optical detection of amphiphiles at liquid-crystal-water interfaces

Physical Review Applied

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Popov, Piotr ^a   Mann, Elizabeth K ^a   Jákli, Antal ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; AMPHIPHILES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; TEXTURES;

BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MOLECULES; CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; QUANTITATIVE DETECTION; SURFACE ADSORPTION; TRANSMITTED LIGHT INTENSITY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84928736600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23317019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.1.034003     Document Type: Article

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