Polymeric infrared reflective thin films with ultra-broad bandwidth

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 750-757

  Zhang, Lipei ^a   Wang, Meng ^a,b   Wang, Ling ^c   Yang, Deng Ke ^d   Yu, Haifeng ^a   Yang, Huai ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

liquid crystal; Polymeric film; selective reflection; ultra broad bandwidth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958543339     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2016.1142013     Document Type: Article

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