Superstructures of chiral nematic microspheres as all-optical switchable distributors of light

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Aßhoff, Sarah J ^a   Sukas, Sertan ^a   Yamaguchi, Tadatsugu ^a   Hommersom, Catharina A ^a   Le Gac, Séverine ^a   Katsonis, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84942543816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14183     Document Type: Article

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